Why don't we train Iraqis outside of Iraq?
832438
They have been doing this for years.  Jordan is where most of the police, officers and NCOs are trained.
1125391
That's simple. Iraqi's are not Americans.
31655
Bear in mind that we are not just training the line troops, but the hierarchy (generals and admirals) as well.  Training a military is more than just training a large number of people to shoot guns and other weapons on command.  Someone must be able to command them.  Those people must be trained in the theories of warfare.  There are also other administrative considerations involved--setting up a rank structure, establishing a pay system, creating training facilities, and training troops beyond the basis skills one learns in boot camp/basic training.  Their military needs truck drivers, tank drivers, doctors, nurses, armorers, paymasters, supply clerks and officers, and a host of other support functions.  Imagine all of the functions that are required to sustain a small town and then you may understand more fully the infrastructure that has to be created when "standing up" a military from scratch.  The cost is in the billions.\n\nBy the way, I am not in support of our occupation of Iraq for this or any other purposes, but as a proud veteran, I must support my brothers- and sisters-in-arms who are in harm's way over there, in Afghanistan, and around the globe.
644423
In Iraq, that's their problem. I live in America.
764881
What are the stakes? Some Iraqis might turn against USA?, Some Afghanis might do some thing in retaliation? Some others might say something against US?\nBring army back home and leave the world alone, the world does not need your help, no dollars and no bombs, Stakes will be over and you wo'nt need to be smarter.
729293
Well lets understand this simple fact!!!!  We are not going to change the mentality of the Iraqis!  EVER nor are we going to change the minds of any country that hates the US!  It is embedded in their fiber!!  The only way to achieve this would be to bring the entire middle east here to the US and have a civil rights movement...so we all know that IS NOT going to happen!!  Anyway, we need to protect our boarders.  We are allowing terrorist in this way!!!  We need to tighten up our immigration policies etc!  Going to war and trying to conquer hate in the Iraqi, Palestini peoples is not going to happen no matter how big the gun!!!  We are wasting millions of dollars that could be spent here at home trying to fight a war in which we will never win!!!!  Pull out, come home and protect!!!
814705
The reason we are in Iraq is to free the Iraqi people and allow them to govern themselves. There are not sufficient skilled people in Iraq to get that nations infra-structure up and running. Security is a primary concern but getting Iraq functional is absolutely necessary. Contractors are brought in by the Iraqi government to accomplish this.
371774
Iraq still has very large reserves of oil, but due to old equipment and terrorists they don't export alot of it. This will improve over the next few years. Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia and Iran are on the decline even though they still export large amounts of it. At the present time the U.S. doesn't purchase any of Iraqs oil directly from them. All of Iraqs production is committed to Europe and Asia. Iraqs oil that comes to the U.S. is purchased from sources in Europe.
350911
no i dont see a reason why we cant its a free country.....i suppose that depends wot country you are in though ...i doubt you would get away with it in iraq !!!!   lol\nDavid from glasgow,scotland
193570
simple answer: he shouldn't be tried outside of Iraq. IF he's a criminal, that should be judged by Iraqi law, by Iraqi judges under scrutiny by Iraqi people.\n\nThis can't happen outside Iraq or while Iraq is under occupation.
63417
there is no known purpose exept to help the Iraqies
296096
I bet u r not the only one asking this question.... As to whether democracy can work in Iraq, what we need to realise is that democracy can't be forced upon ppl. It is a system by the ppl, for the ppl. So, maybe it will. But to really see whether it does or doesn't, we'll have to wait till Iraq is rid of the foreign occupents...
1007760
They are not looking in the right place's they should go to North Korea, they might find some there. Iraq didn't have any, it was just an excuse for Bush to take us to war.
886331
I guess you would have to start off with a non bias intermediary police force. Get a country with no stake in iraq (good luck finding one) to supply a police force whilst armed forces withdrew then get the temporary police force to oversee the recruitment scrutinisation and training of local officers with emphasis on ongoing scrutiny, another way could be to cooperate with another more well established middle eastern police force, maybe somewhere like Jordan. I get the impression that there are allot of cultural differences impeding the training etc of officers. Whatever the solution is one thing is for sure - its going to take a very long time.
1016527
As a nation we are powerful but to me as mitlitary in Iraq, We only have inexperienced young people fighting the battle. If you remember. in the begining the military did what they went there to do. After that, I felt that they should all have come home. But to sit in someone else's country and try to make things better for them to me is a waste of time, money, and young lives. There are to many people in that country that opposes United State's idea of a free nation.
900346
In Iraq they do.  That was not a U.S. trial.
868779
In Iraq nearly every building is susceptible to a car bomb a suicide bomber (any guy standing in line to apply) or a mortar.  Even the Green Zone isn't 100% safe.  And when I worked on Camp Victory in early 2005, a major car bomb exploded near one of the gates and a 230mm rocket exploded 150m from our vehicle staging area...again on a secured military base.  We also had a rocket hit the front of the main PX on the camp...a half kilometer from my cabin.  It killed one soldier and injured 87 others.\n\nAnd hiring an absurd amount of Iraqi's...OK, but you can't make them want to be policemen...same as having them join the army.  Certainly I agree that having Iraqis police and defend their own cities and country is the best of all worlds.  But for many reasons we are not there yet.  And I don't think it is due to a lack of money.