Iraqi "when they stand up, we'll stand down" math.

[Doctrine1st]

Feel free to input or correct any errors.

Right now we have roughly 140,000 troops in Iraq trying to keep it under control, not counting the Iraqi battalions not quite ready yet. In otherwords, there are a whole lot of forces over there combined taking on this task, and that's not counting the Brits, etc. As it stands now, and I searched for new data, but as it stands and three years later, as of late Feb 2006, there are NO Iraqi battalions (700 soldiers) who are at "Level 1" which means able to fight on their own. So seeing if the resistance stays the same, then just to replace our 140,000 boots on the ground, they would have to have 200 Level 1 battalions to hit 140k, but at min they would have to have 100 at Level 1?

Man, If things don't change; if they continue to have infiltration problems into their ranks, I think we're going to be there for a long long long time...

 

[Yusuf Evans]

My personal opinion is that we pull out and let them have it at each other. It's brutal, but hey, they chose it that way.

 

[Vylo]

My personal opinion is that we pull out and let them have it at each other. It's brutal, but hey, they chose it that way.

We should do what the elected Iraqi official want. If they want us to pull out, we pull out, but we should stay ready to go back in if they request help.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

We should do what the elected Iraqi official want. If they want us to pull out, we pull out, but we should stay ready to go back in if they request help.

Maybe we should do in Iraq what we Marines are doing in Afghanistan. No more large scale deployments by Marines, but only a few Marines rotated in and out of international units.

 

[Doctrine1st]

So does anyone have any idea how many Iraqi battalions are at Level One prepardness?

Bueller?

anyone?

 

[Smoke Screen]

So does anyone have any idea how many Iraqi battalions are at Level One prepardness?

Bueller?

anyone?

Since the U.S. occupies Iraq and Bush decides their fate, maybe the "Iraqi Battalions" being referred to are actually made up of U.S. and Coaltion Soldiers?

 

[Doctrine1st]

Since the U.S. occupies Iraq and Bush decides their fate, maybe the "Iraqi Battalions" being referred to are actually made up of U.S. and Coaltion Soldiers?

As of right now, that is correct, and why they aren't at Level One which would mean the abitlity to be on their own.