Where are the 200,000 Iraqi civil defense forces we trained...

[NNN0LHI]

...that Bush has been bragging about turning Iraq over to in a jiffy? Why can't they handle a few dead enders? How come no one asks Rummy this question? WTF?

Don

[LittleApple81]

1. I saw pictures of the policemen joining the rebels (I don't know how

to call the Iraqis that are fighting now... is rebels OK)

[Renew Deal]

2. Rebels is good.

It is a rebellion

[truthspeaker]

5. "Guerillas" is more correct

I prefer "patriots".

[TheFarseer]

3. I heard

they ran like hell when they saw al-Sadr's people coming, what few of them there are deployed that is.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. guarding the oil wells, probably

that's my guess

[xultar]

6. On the other side! n/t

[alcuno]

7. It's only like 3000 who have been properly trained.

And it makes me sick when I hear these people saying that we should have these guys kicking down the doors. We seem like total cowards.

[htuttle]

8. A whole bunch of them switched sides the other day

I don't remember which city it happened in -- perhaps Ramadi.

[The Magistrate]

9. Busy Joining The Rebellion, Sir

Many of them were members of religious militias when they joined up....

"Can't nobody here play this game?"

"LET'S GO GET THOSE BUSH BASTARDS!"

[Sandpiper]

10. Busy coming to their senses

Everyone knows what happens to enemy collaborators when a war's over.

[truthspeaker]

11. I thought desertion had been an ongoing problem

Something like 30% of recruits would leave soon after being issued their weapons and gear. Others left when their paychecks were delayed, or because they felt they weren't being paid enough.

[dai]

12. Outsourcing...

...doesn't work in every field.