tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post7108370780818104604..comments2023-09-25T20:29:01.544+07:00Comments on LT Nixon Rants: Iraq News (30 March)Nixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-14677379049774414982008-03-31T02:40:00.000+07:002008-03-31T02:40:00.000+07:00IV, I know a bunch of people who work for MNSTC-I...IV,<BR/><BR/> I know a bunch of people who work for MNSTC-I (the transition/trainer people) and it has gotten better, but obviously it's still kinda shoddy. Thanks for the story, girl scouts...haha.<BR/><BR/>Liz,<BR/><BR/> Yeah there's a ceasefire, more on this later...Nixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419569519734310093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-19585498497157864832008-03-30T23:19:00.000+07:002008-03-30T23:19:00.000+07:00according to this mornings NPR news Sadr has asked...according to this mornings NPR news Sadr has asked the Mahdi army to drop their arms....so maybe they will all start talking...LizAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-210575587086373532.post-49939473037590180282008-03-30T13:34:00.000+07:002008-03-30T13:34:00.000+07:00Defections of Iraqi forces:Not a huge surprise to ...Defections of Iraqi forces:<BR/><BR/>Not a huge surprise to me. The IP's and Iraqi army-types we dealt with were well below just being untrustworthy. <BR/><BR/>We knew in 2004 - and could do nothing about the fact - that a lot of these guys were there for military training in American tactics so they could carry it back to their (Sunni, Shia, Badr, AQI, Mahdi...you fill in the blank) buddies. <BR/><BR/>Some of us, at least at FOB Bernstein in 2004, called the IP's 'Girl Scouts,' and did so because they had wouldn't fight unless their own lives actually depended on it - and even then, they usually ran. <BR/><BR/>One of the more comical incidents was when our guys had to spin up one night to pull the local IA and IP elements away from each other. They had a disagreement at a checkpoint, and it escalated into shooting AK's over each others' heads. I think they would have started to draw blood if a platoon of Bradleys didn't come roaring down there. <BR/><BR/> Defections? No, I'm not shocked in the slightest.IrritatedVethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078596546829857536noreply@blogger.com