[pgyanke]

He’s the ring around my toilet bowl...

[Mr. K]

"They destroyed the whole army when they invaded"

Didn't they pretty much fall over and surrender to us?

I mean we were taking prisoner BEFORE the war even started- they were linig up to give up before the war, and we had to tell them "no it's not time to give up yet"

[Wuli]

“The United States made a big mistake when they invaded Iraq,” Omar said. “They destroyed the Iraqi Army. They destroyed the whole army when they invaded. They lost their right hand against the insurgents."

Never true. The common soldier took off his uniform and went home. The top leadership was all Sadaam lackeys and went into hiding/fighting the US with him. A majority of the mid-level officer ranks were tainted/untrusted, in the eyes of a majority of Iraqis - guilt by association. The non-commissioned officer corps was untrained and unprofessional. The "Iraqi Army" was not destroyed - it disappeared. Rescuing it as it was was never going to be acceptable to the Shia or the Kurds.

[rfp1234]

Zarqawi now resides in the innermost, darkest ring.

[Straight Vermonter]

We didn’t destroy the Iraqi Army. Paul Bremer, consulting no one and with no authority from Washington, disbanded the Iraqi Army and police.

[Cacique]

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