[Question Liberal Authority]

And yet, the liberal solution to every problem in the world is federal government education and training programs.

[AppyPappy]

Screw the audit. Kill the bad guys.

[A. Pole]

The training, done by "provincial reconstruction teams" of soldiers, aid workers, and diplomats, is meant to coach local authorities in Iraq on how to deliver basic services to their municipalities

There is something insane and creepy in this nation building. Imagine if the foreign soldiers from very different culture and who do not know English were "coaching" Americans how to rule themselves.

[M1Tanker]

Leftist "October Surprise"?

This is it? That's all the left has??

As usual, no solutions from the left, just finger pointing.

[MNJohnnie]

"Deteriorating security in Iraq and bureaucratic wrangling between the State Department and the Pentagon have undermined the US government's effort to train provincial governments, according to a report to Congress released yesterday by the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction."

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As soon as you read this you knew this author had NO clue at all what they are talking about.

Rather then mindlessly screaming their same nonsenical Neo Isolationists Talking Points over and over maybe the Dinocos MIGHT try addressing the FACTS on Iraq ONE time. It would be a refreshing change from the daily posting of Junk Media drivel. Facts on the ground do NOT validate what they media is claiming about this supposed "report" that wonders of wonders NO one but them seems to have seen

http://icasualties.org/oif/

http://icasualties.org/oif/IraqiDeaths.aspx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Security_Forces

[MNJohnnie]

Seeing as how the Junk Media has lied to usd about Afghanistan since Nov 2001. Lied about Iraq, Lied about Git mo, Lied about Abu Graibe, Lied about the Downing Street Memo, Lied about Stem Cells, Lied about Katerina, Lied about NSA Surveillance, Lied about Bush National Guard service etc etc etc, I find it utterly unbelievable that there are supposedly "Conservative" Freepers who take every word spewed forth by the Junk Media as Gospel truth.

Did you even bother to stop for even a heartbeat to consider you ONLY have his Junk Journlist's, of dubious intellectual credibility, claims for what is in the report?

Considering how what they claimed about last months NIE Estimate turned out to be total lies, I would expect Freepers to not jump every time the Junk Media screams fire.

Did you bother to consider you have NO idea if this author is actually reporting the TRUTH instead of what they want you to believe the report says?

Out of context claims and deliberate misstatements of fact are the Junk Media's stock in trade these days. Conservatives should be smart enough learn that what the media reports is rarely even 25% of the whole story.

[GOP_1900AD]

This is already old news. Training of Iraqi military has been completely revamped. (CCing Sandrat, who can comment further in great detail)