State Dept. Planning To Field A Small Army In Iraq -- McClatchy NewsWASHINGTON — Can diplomats field their own army? The State Department is laying plans to do precisely that in Iraq, in an unprecedented experiment that U.S. officials and some nervous lawmakers say could be risky.
In little more than a year, State Department contractors in Iraq could be driving armored vehicles, flying aircraft, operating surveillance systems, even retrieving casualties if there are violent incidents and disposing of unexploded ordnance.
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My Comment: The Iraq Army is not ready, and U.S. personnel on the ground will be exposed once U.S. combat soldiers are gone. This may make sense in the political world of Washington where it was expedient to proclaim that U.S. combat soldiers will be gone at a certain date, but it is not reflective on what is the security situation in the country. Hence .... this creation of a small (but necessary) army for the State Department.
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