Recommended quick reading. De-baathification didnt work. ISIS is born. >> The Americans are not blameless. The increase in radical elements in Iraq is also to a large extent a consequence of three decisions taken by the Americans after the invasion of Iraq: The disbanding of the Iraqi army which left its officers outside the system; the crippling of state institutions through the wholesale de-Ba’athification process; and the timing and manner of US withdrawal, which left a vacuum to be filled by Iran.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 08:19:39 +0000
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