[EternalHope]

Well, "to restore and maintain civilized order" the army [and the population it is drawn from] needs to be civilized first.

I take it you don't think they're quite ready...

[ClaireSolt]

Of course Mesopotamia was the cradle of civiilization. When it comes to training, after 3 years you just have thousands of volunteers and not a good command structure. apparently, it takes 20 years to develop a captain. We have some here in officer training, but they will be green.

[GSlob]

Nor will they be in the historical future. To "restore and maintain civilized order" there, a three step plan needs to be followed:
1. de-populate Mid-East;
2. rename it Mid-West;
3. re-settle with midwesterners.
Not for nothing the only civilized [in the sociological sense of the word - i.e. how people relate to one another and to their groups] - so, the only civilized country there is a settler country - Israel.