Maybe… for the Iraqi puppet regime

The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in Iraq is too uncertain to predict large-scale American troop withdrawals anytime soon.

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who oversees U.S. forces in Iraq, said there are fewer Iraqi battalions at “Level 1″ readiness than there were a few months ago. Although Casey said the number of troops and overall readiness of Iraqi security forces have steadily increased in recent months, and that there has not been a “step backwards,” both Republican and Democratic senators expressed deep concern that the United States is not making enough progress against a resilient insurgency.

Just so you know, a battalion in the US Army consists of 300-1000 soldiers. Even assuming the Iraqis double that, what we are being told is that after more than 2 years in the country, we have been able to get a grand total of 2000 combat-ready native troops. Max. And dropping.

This is the part where the freepers jump up and yell “Inconceivable!”
Vizzini
You keep using that word. I do no think it think what you think it mean.

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