Tuesday, April 13, 2004
Iraq insurgency: We're bringing back Saddam's generals?!
First, Bremer disbands the entire Iraqi army, and sends them home—with their weapons.
Now, we're going to put Saddam's generals back on the job? WTF? Given that Saddam's regime was as bad as Bush says, isn't this kind of like putting Hermann Goering back in charge of the German army after World War II—without de-Nazification? How will this play among the Iraqis, I wonder?
Curiouser and curiouser.
Now, we're going to put Saddam's generals back on the job? WTF? Given that Saddam's regime was as bad as Bush says, isn't this kind of like putting Hermann Goering back in charge of the German army after World War II—without de-Nazification? How will this play among the Iraqis, I wonder?
"It's ... very clear that we've got to get more senior Iraqis involved - former military types involved in the security forces," [Gen. John Abizaid] said. "In the next couple of days you'll see a large number of senior officers being appointed to key positions in the ministry of defense and the Iraqi joint staff and in Iraqi field commands."
(via AP)
Curiouser and curiouser.
