Posted by
Dawnsblood on Monday, January 22, 2007 5:48:18 PM
As the Iraqi Army grows stronger, its growing pains become more obvious. Bill Roggio embedded blogger,
takes a look at them.
The shift from partnering with Iraqi battalions to the implementation
of the transition teams in one year is dramatic, and there are both
surprising developments and disappointing setbacks. Developing an Army
from scratch is a difficult and time consuming process (building an
Army from scratch a process and not an event, as Glenn Reynolds would
say). The Army must first learn to crawl, then walk, then run. After
viewing the Iraqi Army in Anbar over the past few months, I estimate
they are somewhere between the crawling and walking phases, perhaps
holding on to the coffee table while taking those first steps.