RE: Perhaps Iraq should start training their troops to be competent.
The problem with post-Saddam Iraq is they are not really a unified country. Loyalties are very volatile and can change at a moment’s notice.
So, who is the USA training anyway? Many will be FUTURE ISIS MEMBERS.
While I was in Iraq (2008) I talked to one of the “experts” who was there as a member of a “Human Resources Team.” She had a PhD in Middle East studies and I asked her what she thought would happen to Iraq after we left. She painted a rosy picture of a unified Iraq and gave numerous reasons for such.
I told her that I thought it would all fall apart when we left due to internal rivalries and outside influence (Iran). She swore up an down that if Iran were to meddle in Iraqi affairs it would unite the Iraqi people. She has a PhD (Middle Eastern studies) and I have an A.S. (General Studies).
I wonder who was right?