Iraqi Army Will Be 'Built' By End of Year

The U.S. Army general in charge of training Iraq's new security forces says the new Iraqi army will be fully in place by the end of the year, but it will need additional time to become fully capable. The general spoke Tuesday at the Pentagon

Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey says the effort is on track to finish building Iraq's new army by the end of this year.

"The Iraqi army will be built by the end of this calendar year," said General Dempsey. "All of the pieces and parts and processes will be in place by the end of calendar year '06. Iraqis will be fully capable of recruiting, vetting, inducting, training, forming into units, putting them in barracks, sending them out the gate to perform their missions."

But General Dempsey acknowledges that the Iraqi army, police and the ministries that support them are all 'immature,' and will need time to learn how perform all their varied functions effectively enough to end the need for foreign forces in the country.

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-06-27-voa84.cfm

Yeah Sure It Will Be.....

ready to go during the 2004 U.S. Presidential campaign. At least that is what the BushLiars told us.

Remember???

They said that they would have enough Iraqis trained in the next year - which was 2005, if I count my years correctly.

So here it is ...the middle of 2006...and the Iraqi Army will be built by the end of THIS YEAR???

Sure...and a bear has feathers....