US Army soldiers training Iraqi troops at the Taji base, north of Baghdad (AFP Photo / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
The Hill: US training base in Iraq hasn't seen a new recruit in weeks
The U.S. mission in Iraq has stalled at one of five coalition training sites because the central government has not been sending new recruits, according to defense officials.
Baghdad has not identified or sent any new recruits to the Al Asad air base in western Iraq for as many as four to six weeks, defense officials said Monday.
The U.S. is currently training 2,601 Iraqi forces, but none of them are at Al Asad, officials said.
"Al Asad has zero. And Al Asad has had zero now for some time," said one defense official on background.
WNU Editor: I am shaking my head right now.
3 comments:
Is there anyone in Iraq who seriously wants to be a newbie fighting ISIS? reminds me of a poster from the late 60s. "What if they gave a war and nobody came?"
Bob, You remind me of what my cousin's son said when I talked to him a few days ago. He made a decision a few months ago to move to Russia from Ukraine when rumors of a draft were starting to circulate. As he put it .... why should I go to war against my distant relatives because someone told me to.
Most of these guys have been there to pull a check, but the way things have gone lately and ISIS's examples of the fates of POWs, even these guys have decided it isn't worth it.
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