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Jedburgh
11-13-2005, 11:40 AM
Iraq's Evolving Forces (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/051107_petraeus_transcript.pdf)
khukuri
11-13-2005, 12:56 PM
read it? comments?
FN SLS
11-13-2005, 01:10 PM
The fact remains that the IA and IP are still woefully undertrained to deal with well-motivated insurgents. Heck, they are also still quite underequipped but that will be solved soon as their petro-dollars are making a nice bundle as they actually sell their petroleum unlike the Saudis who just build huge stockpiles of the stuff, always increasing production, but also cutting down on release, and thumbing their noses at all the fake OPEC agreements, thereby artifically increasing oil prices.
ibstolidude
11-13-2005, 03:58 PM
Iraq's Evolving Forces (http://www.csis.org/media/csis/events/051107_petraeus_transcript.pdf)

looks interesting - printed to be read tonight.
Thanks, you make some great posts; they are appreciated.












but you still blow monkeys, even if just for being posted at DLI.
pathfinder82
11-13-2005, 04:47 PM
godamn pdf's. You mean I have to install acrobat just to read this thing. I do want to hear what Petraeus has to say though.
angry cow
11-14-2005, 06:34 AM
Not only did he lead the 101st into Iraq, but he has a doctorate in international relations from Princeton as well. The guy is always worth listening to.
Zodiac-dk
11-14-2005, 10:16 AM
Good read, thx for posting.