>>>I recall December of last year Bush stated that 200,000 Iraqis had been trained by U.S. Forces. An American General stated in a seperate interview, "They could not get 500 men in the field"!
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>>I can understand the lack of will to fight fellow citizens in a civil war, but this is the military that faced down the Iranian army in an 8 year war with 1 million casualties. They know how to fight.
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>Faced them down with possibly a greater threat behind them? Were they volunteers or conscripts? Was conscientious objection an option?

I can't find any wide-spread evidence of what you're implying. Sure it was largely a concript army but this is common in dictatorships.