Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed a real difference in the way the Iraqi soldiers carry themselves in the past six months.
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"Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed a real difference in the way the Iraqi soldiers carry themselves in the past six months."
Yup - same here.
Watching the footage from FOX of the Hospital operation, not only do they seem to have acquired a distinct "Military Bearing", but they indicate that they know their business pretty darn well, and conduct themselves most professionally.
Reports of desertion vary depending on the media - but hopefully their committment and dedication to the cause of Iraqi Freedom will only blossom once they get a taste of VICTORY over their former oppressors.
For a while there I was wondering if the freed Iraqis would ever rise to the occasion - on the basis of what we're seeing recently, there is certaily hope!
'Cause if they havn't figured it out by now, they are quickly learning; Freedom *isn't* "free".
For them... for us... for anybody.
It's not just you ... they look awfully professional ... and awfully American. I think they'll turn out all right.
Yeah buddy. They've been getting good training from our soldiers and Marines. They're actually handling their weapons and conducting their tactics like professionals.