Iraqi Troops

It's pretty sad that the Iraqi troops (not all obviously) are only in it for the money. At that rate, we'll never leave.

I read sometime ago is that there is no penalty for going AWOL. The Iraqi soldiers are free to leave any time. They'll work for a little while to get some money and then quit. The reason they allow this is because it's the only way they can get the Iraqis to join in the first place. How crazy is that?

Who knows how many Iraqi soldiers were trained only to have quit shortly after.

Rummy's gone! Yippee.