Iraq Strategy Short on Substance
Iraq Strategy Short on Substance
Reasonable people disagree on the right course for Iraq, that much is obvious. Some, like Sen. Ted Kennedy, want the White House to issue a detailed timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops. Others, like Rep. Marty Meehan, favor withdrawal but eschew the notion of a timeline. Another camp, which includes prominent MidEast scholar Juan Cole, warns a precipitous withdrawal might make conditions in Iraq far worse.
Here’s one demand we can all agree on: the White House needs to publicly announce its goals for training Iraqi security forces. Right now, we know neither the training goals that will satisfy our mission, nor the timeline for when those goals will be met. Sec. Rumsfeld even says such information is “unknowable.” This is false. If American commanders can make reasonable estimates about the training of American forces, it can do the same for Iraqi forces. Setting standards that define our success or failure is a basic step, and should be expected from an administration that so frequently preaches accountability.
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I agree that it is important to train local forces but I have read that one of the biggest problems is that we train them and they either join the other side or are killed because we trained them. It might be reasonable to let some of the neutral nations do the training as we get out of there.
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