Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (left) confers with his French counterpart, Gen. Pierre de Villiers, aboard the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Press TV
CBS News: U.S. advisers "waiting" for Iraqi troops to show up
BAGHDAD -- As the battle for the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit enters its second week, U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said putting more American boots on the ground wasn't the answer.
CBS News correspondent Holly Williams reports there are already more than 2,500 U.S. military advisers and trainers in Iraq, but Dempsey said their work is being hindered by the fact that Iraqi units sometimes fail to show up for training, or arrive without the proper equipment.
Update #1: Gen. Dempsey: U.S. advisers await Iraqi troops -- UPI
Update #2: Dempsey says some Iraqis show up for training ill-prepared, a problem for Baghdad to fix -- AP
WNU Editor: I guess these Iraqi soldiers have better things to do. Sighhh .... you just cannot make this up.
2 comments:
"Iraqi units sometimes fail to show up for training, or arrive without the proper equipment."
They had this problem in Afghanistan.
WNU Editor,
Yup, Iraqi Soldiers have better things to do.
Tip for you:
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/a-colombian-merc-firm-was-the-pentagon-s-shadiest-afghanistan-contractor-38be49b01da8
For me, the "interesting" part, is not the corruption, it's the US marking and IFF-ing Military Flights and Combat Support Missions, as non-military civillian, in blatant violation of the Geneva Convention.
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