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Iraqi army soldiers ( U.S. Air Force photo)You And What Army?
For more than a year, politicians and pundits have been fretting over the size and capabilities of the new Iraqi Army. In an article in The Atlantic, journalist James Fallows argues that the US must dramatically step up its investment in training new forces or face the consequences of failure to build a stand-alone army.
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Rob Walker, New York Times magazine "Consumed" columnist and author, Letters From New Orleans (Garrett County Press, 2005),
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» Rob Walker's website
» The New York Times Magazine
You And What Army?
James Fallows, National correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly
- on the weakness of the Iraqi army
» "Why Iraq Has No Army" by James Fallows in The Atlantic Monthly
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» Syriana (Warner Brothers)
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