>>>>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?
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>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.

I'm implying nothing. And I wasn't looking for Wikievidence - just looking for your thoughts as to why two radical regimes funded by big oil money slaughtered each other for 8 years, with nothing to show for it other than body count. You're suggesting they know how to fight. I'm suggesting that maybe the will or cause just wasn't there.

Don't read too deeply here, Evan. I am not looking for a debate.