"On any given day, 40% of Iraqi security forces are AWOL."

[alcuno]

How appropriate. I heard this reported on NBC News with no commentary. 40% aren't showing up? Do they still get paid with my tax dollars?

[MichiganVote]

1. Well these are George's troops afterall.

[Career Prole]

3. No wonder repukes all claim that many Iraqi troops are trained 'n ready.

Their preznit has given them a whole new concept of trained and ready!

[Dark]

2. I read somewhere that Iraq is supposed to be ready to self-govern

itself without our help at all in 18 months. Sadly, your statistic is much more believable. . .

[maxsolomon]

4. if i were them i wouldn't show up either

getting shot in the back of the head face down in the dirt is no fun.

and yes, that's your taxes going to pay them. of course, most of your taxes are going to the contractors training them.

correction: your grandchildren's taxes.

[rustydog]

5. Wow, they must have attended

The GW Bush AWOL school of military training and advanced terror combat techniques.