Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training
Source: Reuters
Jeb Bush says U.S. should embed some troops with Iraqis for training
WASHINGTON | BY STEVE HOLLAND
Republican Jeb Bush, calling President Barack Obama's handling of the Islamic State a failure, said the United States should embed some U.S. troops with Iraqi forces to train them and identify targets.
The expected Republican presidential candidate, in an interview to be aired Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," said he was not calling for U.S. combat forces to be deployed in Iraq, in what would be a return to the war policy run by his brother, former President George W. Bush.
But Jeb Bush said there are steps the United States can take to counter Islamic State's rise in the region. Obama has largely relied on U.S. air strikes to attack Islamic State targets in a policy that has had some successes but has not stopped the militants.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
"We need to embed American troops, as we've done successfully in the past, to help train them, to identify targets, to do what we do really well," he said.
He said the United States also should arm the Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State militants.
[font size=1]-snip-[/font]
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/31/us-usa-election-bush-idUSKBN0OG0OX20150531
= new reply since forum marked as read
No, you dumbass, we haven't "successfully" done so. We spent billions training Iraqis. In 2004, Condi Rice (falsely) said we had trained 200,000 and they were ready to fight Al-Qaida. But, it seems, the Iraqi army is unwilling to fight. On multiple occasions recently, they have dropped their weapons and run when confronted with ISIS fighters. By the way, asshole, we are already apparently arming and advising Kurdish fighters. Republican best and brightest, this is what you get folks. 
Seriously - they need to get a damn clue! 
and perhaps you could lead a contingent of volunteers over there to do just as you suggested. We look forward to your report back on how things worked out...
Stay in touch... 
Forget that other ~10 years of training that produced an army unwilling to defend an artificial state comprised of deadly enemies. This time will be different! 
