Tribute to the Iraqi Army ...

[Umm-Qasr]

You can watch it here:

http://www.putfile.com/media.php?n=Tribute-to-Iraqi-Army72

:)

[LibertyUnites]

nice :lol: , a little long tho... i didnt watch it all the way through :oops:

[TheCure]

VERY nice!!

And a different angle from what we are used to.

God bless the IA indeed.

-TheCure

[Ayura]

Subhanallah....mashallah nice video Jafar :)

[LazerLordz]

For a free, peaceful and prosperous Iraqi Republic. :D

[Lokos]

Someone should do a tribute to the Iraqi Army of 1980-1988. Those boys fought a hell of a war. The last great (in terms of scale) war since WW2.

Lokos

[Lokos]

Actually, allow me to correct myself. There have been other 'great' wars since WW2. Nonetheless, the Iraqi-Iran War was a strangely captivating affair.

Lokos

[goldman]

Great work, btw what the hell was that when officer points a gun at a soldier's head?

[Ayura]

The Americans have done a good thing to the Iraqi army...a good thing... woot :hug:

[Lokos]

The Americans have done a good thing to the Iraqi army...a good thing...

Have they? I don't know. Whether the American sponsored Iraqi Army turns out to be an operational success remains to be seen. But, yes, I agree, they have the 'look' of a modern army. Their trigger finger is in the right place, in most pictures, and they look bulky from all the modern gadgets they are wearing (which I gather is a positive thing). Now that they look bulky and know how to hold a weapon, all they actually need is everything that makes an army not a mob of well armed folks who look like they're serious.

I, for one, hope the Americans make them a well rounded fighting force. A dominant Iran would not be a pleasant development for the Middle East. Personally, I would recommend a huge intake of Sunni/Kurdish personnel, in order to make the armed forces, at the very least, somewhat resistant to Shi'ite Iranian influence.

Lokos

[Umm-Qasr]

The Americans have done a good thing to the Iraqi army...a good thing...

Have they? I don't know. Whether the American sponsored Iraqi Army turns out to be an operational success remains to be seen. But, yes, I agree, they have the 'look' of a modern army. Their trigger finger is in the right place, in most pictures, and they look bulky from all the modern gadgets they are wearing (which I gather is a positive thing). Now that they look bulky and know how to hold a weapon, all they actually need is everything that makes an army not a mob of well armed folks who look like they're serious.

I, for one, hope the Americans make them a well rounded fighting force. A dominant Iran would not be a pleasant development for the Middle East. Personally, I would recommend a huge intake of Sunni/Kurdish personnel, in order to make the armed forces, at the very least, somewhat resistant to Shi'ite Iranian influence.

LokosI can't agree with you on that. Shi'ites in Iraq are not the same as Iranian Shi'ites. For example, the Iraqi Shi'ites acknowledge the separation of mosque and state. To include the Sunnis into the armed forces due the reason to oppose any Iranian influence is somewhat a stupid thought, imo. It's (almost) the same as letting the Ba'this pick up their old jobs again. :| And the result of such plan is seen today in Iraq: Allawi brought all the Ba'this back to their jobs ...

[Beinlausen]

Great vid!

whats the music?

[km5]

great to see a nation's military rise and mature and secure their own people.

god bless em.

[Lokos]

To include the Sunnis into the armed forces due the reason to oppose any Iranian influence is somewhat a stupid thought, imo.

It is, of course, your right to disagree. However, my thought is no less 'stupid' than simply trading Sunni overlords who ruled by force for Shi'ite overlords who rule by virtue of a numerical superiority - expecting stability to somehow result.

I do not propose a Sunni/Kurdish majority in the Iraqi armed forces - but they must be somewhat overrepresented to achieve some kind of balance with the Shi'ites. If the Sunnis and the Kurds feel threatened in this new society (and most reports suggest that they do, to a greater or lesser extent), then Iraq has no hope of stabilization in the near future. Give the major factions a semblance of power within the new governmental structure and an accompanying influence over the armed forces, and Iraq will probably be better off for it.

Lokos