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Newspaper Article
Two Voices
2006
Overview
[Frank Gunter]: It makes sense to me because while I was there there was an improvement in the quality and quantity of the Iraqi army -- although not as much there was some improvement in the Iraqi police. I don't think we ought to leave until the job is done, but progress is being made. It is never perfect. It is always two steps forward, one step back. The Iraqi army is coming together. There are people in the Iraqi security force that are trying to build a better life and are willing to put themselves and their family's lives on the line. Progress is being made there. Whether another year will be enough or not, it probably will be, but I'm not an expert on that. GUNTER: One of the things we were trying to do was increase the trade flows between Iraq and its neighbors such as Turkey, Kuwait, Iran and Syria . First of all helping the economy, not only of Iraq, but as a way of building a win-win relationship between these countries, where they are selling or buying something they either want to sell or want to buy and Iraq is doing the same. As far as the diplomatic side of it, I really don't have an opinion because I don't understand what is going on. [ERIC FAIR]: There is a small number of Iraqi elements that are capable of working on their own. The large majority of the Iraqi forces are completely incompetent. They don't have the weapons, they don't have the leadership. We can't control what's going on in Iraq, so how do we expect some rag-tag group of Shia militiamen and Sunni 18-year- olds to control what is going on in Iraq? [It] is really quite ridiculous: They can't. Maybe in 15 or 20 years.
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Tribune Interactive, LLC
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