A U.S. soldier and a Sons of Iraq member provide security during a veterinary operation in Baghdad, Iraq on May 11, 2008. Sons of Iraq is a security force composed of groups of local residents that help maintain security in their own villages and neighborhoods. UPI / LandovFrom The Captain's Journal:
Professor W Andrew Terrill, Research Professor of National Security Affairs, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, has a good history of the Sons of Iraq program, including the near and present danger that Iraq faces by refusing to make good on the promises to the Sons of Iraq. The Washington Post gives us an even more personal account of the evolution of this fated program. After cataloging the exploits of one particularly powerful and renowned insurgent, the fall from grace hits hard.
They were polite but insistent; he, the wounded Yasser and another brother had to come with them. Khalil asked to change into a clean gown known as a dishdasha, then sent word to another brother, Shaker, to tell militiamen loyal to him not to start trouble.
He was taken to neighboring Balad, where, Khalil said, cheering members of the Iraqi security forces began shouting slogans for Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite cleric.
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My Comment: When President Bush visited Iraq, he visited the leaders of "The Sons of Iraq". He had a personal relationship with the organization .... and everyone in the Iraqi Government and Governments abroad knew this.
President Obama has no such relationship or contact .... and I would hazard a guess that they are low on his priority list. The Iraqi Government knows thist .... and not surprising .... they are acting on this perception.
Unfortunately for the U.S. ..... it will be us and our allies who will be blamed for this "broken promise".
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