Doug Kanter wrote:

"Don White" wrote in message
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Jim wrote in message
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: "About one in every 10 members of Iraq's security forces 'actually

worked

against' U.S. troops during the recent militia violence in Iraq, and an
additional 40 percent walked off the job because of intimidation."


This can't be! I remember all those army press releases John H. produced,
saying how well things were going and making much of the graduating

classes.

What happened!
Could the army pr people be wrong?


NPR interviewed a bunch of Iraqi guys applying for jobs with the security
force last week. They said the overwhelming majority were applying for the
worst reason of all: They needed jobs. The people interviewed also said
they'd never fire on their own people, which is exactly what they're being
hired to do.



Not firing on their own people, of course, puts them a step up on the
humanity scale compared to those wonderful Ohio national guardsmen who
shot up a bunch of students at Kent State.