It is ironic that the president has so readily publicly recognized that the Iraqi troops are not ready to take over from the U.S., when he didn't seem to have a problem starting this war without making certain there was an adequate force behind it.
After lengthened deployments, inadequate protection for reservists, and little or no financial supports for reservists forced to serve months longer than originally told, it is no wonder that there is skepticism.
Perhaps if Rumsfeld and Bush had waited a bit longer before plunging gung ho into battle, we would not now be in what is looking remarkably like a repeat of Vietnam.
Let us hope that the training of the Iraqis continues, and that they have a better handle on how to deal with the insurgents than Defense department.
There have been enough American and Iraqi lives lost already -- let us hope that the Iraqis can soon take over their own country again, and stop the loss of lives.
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