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Originally posted by ahlamalek are you repeating what CNN told you this morning??? what large army??? hundred of thousands of demoarlized and under or not equipped soldiers?? Are you talking about those who fled when the americans entered Baghdad? You've seen those old men guarding the big road axis coming into town??? I saw it on tv and thought it was a bad joke to conisder this as a defence. Threat to who??? Turkey ? Iran? Syria? Jordan? Kuwait? SA? All these countries are way better equipped 12 years after the first gulf war. The first gulf war was a joke: Iraqi vs US army... now 12 years after some serious embargo and famishing and the Iraqi army is still large and dangerous??? gimme a break.

Well I suggest you watch the 5 hour history channel special detailing the battles of the Iraqi war.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/dr...2718855,00.html

It wasn't such a cakewalk as you depict.

Furthermore, many analysts did not think the Iraqi army was so insignificant as you depicted: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Stor...,841232,00.html

Perhaps compared to the US's military capability the Iraqi army is insignificant but most certainly not to the region. Read my original statement, I said that Iraq posed a threat to the region militarily. I then said that Iraq posed a threat to the US only through terrorist means.

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