Lots of Luck in Iraq
Luck, as in 4-star general (retired) Gary Luck, the latest fixer-upper Rummy has chosen to go find out what’s wrong in that irritating country we just can’t seem to pacify. If he makes suggestions that cost more Iraqi and American lives, knocks the budget further into a rat-hole and fails miserably (as have those who went before him) there’s bound to be a Presidential Medal of Freedom in it.
The top item on his mandate is to find out why the training if Iraqi police and military is going so badly and what to do about it so we can get the hell out. It may be that Rummy chose a retired officer because he couldn’t get anyone on active duty within a thousand miles of that career-ending assignment. If Luck wants advice from a spec-4 (retired) medic about the ‘why’ issue, I’d be glad to help him out. The main deterrent to a successful Iraqi police and military operation, General, is the high degree of likelihood that enlistees will be gunned down on their way home from a hard day at the barr…