weren't they surrendering to journalists in Desert Storm? On Jan 30, 2008 1:55 PM, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Iraqi Army never wanted to fight us. They did it a little over a > decade before OIF and were defeated and, in fact, most surrendered. > Hell, I had 7 armed Iraqi soldiers surrender to me and my driver, and > all we were in was an APC (of course it had a .50 caliber machine gun) > during Desert Storm. These guys were demoralized. No food, no water, > nothing. They were all conscripts. Service in the Iraqi Army was > compulsory and unless you were in the Republican Guard life sucked. I > felt more sorry for them than anything else. I have pictures of me > giving them food, water and cigs. These guys never looked happier than > when they got to drink water that they did not have for a couple of days. > During OIF, I had the opportunity to speak with several Iraqi soldiers, > officers, NCO's and privates, and they all said the same thing. They did > not want to fight us. They hated Saddam (except the Ba'athist's) and > wanted us to come in and get rid of him. Yes they were very upset when > we disbanded them and were elated when we started to stand them up > again, but it was almost too late as many of them defected to the > insurgent ranks. The biggest problem we have with them now is that they > are not true warriors. Most of them are scared. They cower when shot at > and once we can get them some courage (Oh great wizard, where art thou?) > then they can start to protect their own country. They are coming along > though. I read the Army Times faithfully every week and there are > reports from Iraq that the Iraqi Army is coming along and are actually > leading some battles with us in a supporting role. That is promising. > > Bruce > > G Money wrote: > > So our plan relied on the competency, complacency, and cooperation of a > > defeated army? Any way you slice it, there was something effed up about our > > war planning.... > >
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