Posted on 11/17/2009 6:52:33 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
November 16, 2009
Arnold Schwarzenegger visits Iraq - and aims to transfer military tactics to California
Oliver August in Baghdad
The governor of California trots out his most famous one-liner wherever he goes but, at the Victory military base in Baghdad today, he apparently meant it.
“I’ll be back,” Arnold Schwarzenegger growled after working out with a group of American soldiers on active duty in Iraq, all with necks and trunks as thick as his.
The muscleman who rose to Hollywood fame as The Terminator came to the site of America’s bloodiest war in a generation to cheer up troops, but also because there are important lessons to be learnt here.
Mr Schwarzenegger said he wants to study counter-insurgency strategies developed by the US military when Iraq was on the brink of civil war, and bring them back to the mean streets of California, where criminal gangs rule entire neighbourhoods, especially in large cities.
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As eyes rolled.
Isn't Kalifornia broke?
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