1. Oh, so the Nation Review and DoD deliberately mislead to fit their agenda.

2. Don’t know why it didn’t work, pasting the same url works fine. See Tom’s post.

3. This wasn’t about the Kurds saving Iraq, only accomplishments of the Iraqi forces. Check out Wiki for descriptions on Iraqi forces if you don’t know who they are.

4. The reports speak for themselves. Some also want to diminish the progress of the Iraqi’s and this was the other side story.

5. There will always be a few bad apples but that doesn’t make it the norm. It’s like saying all US military personal are murders.

6. The review was not a prelude to success. There are many obstacles to overcome and this was just to show progress of the Iraqi forces. The Iraqi forces are very young yet you expect the results of a veteran military force.

7. Right, the BBC doesn’t have an agenda. How many retractions have they had to make or should have? Of course there is going to be defectors in the military, especially since there are no laws for punishment not following orders to deploy. Look at all the US defectors through out the history of the US. The Civil War for example and defectors were hung or shot onsite without trial in most cases. Imagine if the US had no laws for punishment not wanting to deploy. Most Iraqi soldiers want to help their countrymen and I commend them for there voluntary commitment.