[Dean's World] Dean: Myths About Disbanding the Iraqi Army

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Posted by Dean:
Myths About Disbanding the Iraqi Army
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1189113637.shtml


   Quoted:

     IT has become conventional wisdom that the decision to disband
     Saddam Husseinâs army was a mistake, was contrary to American
     prewar planning and was a decision I made on my own. In fact the
     policy was carefully considered by top civilian and military
     members of the American government. And it was the right decision.

     By the time Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, the Iraqi Army had
     simply dissolved. On April 17 Gen. John Abizaid, the deputy
     commander of the Armyâs Central Command, reported in a video
     briefing to officials in Washington that âthere are no organized
     Iraqi military units left.â The disappearance of Saddam Husseinâs
     old army rendered irrelevant any prewar plans to use that army. So
     the question was whether the Coalition Provisional Authority should
     try to recall it or to build a new one open to both vetted members
     of the old army and new recruits. General Abizaid favored the
     second approach.

   You can read [1]rest of it in the New York Times.

   This is yet another myth that has been answered many, many times, yet
   still keeps getting repeated. Someone should [2]post it on the wiki.
   I'm a little tired, can someone elese assist?

References

   1. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/opinion/06bremer.html?ex=1346817600&en=278710834dcd1971&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
   2. http://www.truthaboutiraq.org/