Less Is More

by tristero

In Bushland, the more inept you are, the more you can be trusted. For example, those crack Iraqi security forces:

[Condoleeza Rice] said she “would call attention to the role that Iraqi Security Forces have played in this offensive,” which “demonstrates that Iraqi forces are indeed taking on more of the security side.”

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The U.S. military last month said there were no Iraqi battalions capable of operating without support, a reduction from one battalion in September and three in June that were in the Pentagon’s top category of readiness, Level 1.