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17-11-2014 09:37 AM
David Ignatius, a journalist and novelist, an associate editor and columnist for the newspaper ' the Washington Post '. He wrote eight novels, including body of lies.
While advancing America's war in Iraq by a quarter of a century, it is important that the reference in the assessment of whether us strategy can succeed in Iraq or not. And in that moment, it is difficult to be optimistic because of continued corruption and sectarianism in Iraq.
It seems the basic strategic framework for President Obama is correct in theory. Obama said in Beijing that: «who will fight are not our children. In the end the Iraqis responsibility for combating daash and to ensure their safety. "
And while President Obama reiterated the u.s. commitment '' to help the Iraqis help themselves», declared that America will add another 1,500 troops as advisers on Iraq, which means almost doubling the US force there.
How the u.s. can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past?
In search of the answer to this question, spoke this week with Stuart Bowen, the former looked to the reconstruction of Iraq, which the library to check corruption and mismanagement in Iraq's previous failure. It has helped me in a paper assessment of current efforts. In order to understand how things have become worse in Iraq after the u.s. invasion in March 2003. You can read the recent report prepared by bwin in 2013, entitled "learning from Iraq." The discretion that about 40 per cent of the projects sponsored by the United States and scrutiny includes significant shortcomings.
And here there is a strange reminder about how to exit the Iraq spending out of control, as written in Bowen's 2003 and 2004. The United States handed over to Iraq more than 10 billion dollars in cash-obtained from frozen oil revenues of Iraq was in the form of bundles of banknotes of 100-dollar ". Bowen notes that "these funds have not been managed well. '' Perhaps many of them were looted funds.
Bowen says in describing the Iraqi Central Bank: «the US reconstruction programme reinforced unintentionally (triangle of political patronage), which includes political parties, government officials and community groups. This axis killer urged to terrorism and corruption that has poisoned the country».
In short, there is the challenge; over the last decade devastated Iraq sectarian violence and corruption. Any us effort being made to rebuild the Iraqi army forces-to be able to defeat Islamic extremists-addressing those issues. And again, Obama was right when he insisted on dropping Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as sectarian as a condition for military aid. But what do we do now?
How to handle Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abbadi, who succeeded Al-Maliki enjoys the support of the us, with key issues for clean government and less sectarian? I began a slow start. As can be seen from the following:
Corruption: Iraq can succeed militarily or economically without reducing the corruption that reigned supreme in the reign of Al-Maliki. According to the findings of Bowen's report, money laundering through Bank resulted in the loss of more than $ 100 billion over the last 10 years and it was leaking a lot of that money to banks in Dubai and Beirut. It is set on the relationship recently as Governor of the Central Bank News not encouraging; the relationship between the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers during the reign of Al-Maliki was on the supervision of government contracting.
The Maliki government took advantage of communalism: to punish the Sunni majority in Iraq, which push them to extremes. It was Al-Abadi talked about ending the sectarian police state, but he named Mohammad Salim Yu to serve as Minister of the Interior, an official of the Badr Brigade, which has seen much of the year as a Shiite death squad. The year of fear to have Yu ordered Hadi Amiri, Commander of the Corps.
Military training: collapsed Iraqi army trained by the United States when organising daash Mosul in June. And now the new trainers from the United States and other Nations to rebuild the army. But be careful, as the United States has spent more than $ 20 billion for training Iraqi security forces in the period 2005-2011. Pentagon planners need to ask: what will seem different this time?
Communicating with Kurds: in order to gain the support of the Kurds, Al-Abbadi should carry the promise of Iraq's Constitution to allocate 17 per cent of the national budget you Destin; he must also pass a new law ensures the sharing of oil revenues. Since the month of January (January) received one of the Kurds for the promised budget allocations.
Regional networking: to rebuild trust with the year, the Abadi, in cooperation with the neighboring Gulf States, not just Iran. Arab participation is a two-way; where travel to Riyadh Al-Abadi and other Gulf capitals, and Saudi Arabia and reciprocity. Iraq can take the lead against the organization only if the State daash more comprehensive (and decentralized as well). Obama strategy is logical in theory, but cannot function without effective measures to avert sectarianism and corruption.
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17-11-2014 09:37 AM
David Ignatius, a journalist and novelist, an associate editor and columnist for the newspaper ' the Washington Post '. He wrote eight novels, including body of lies.
While advancing America's war in Iraq by a quarter of a century, it is important that the reference in the assessment of whether us strategy can succeed in Iraq or not. And in that moment, it is difficult to be optimistic because of continued corruption and sectarianism in Iraq.
It seems the basic strategic framework for President Obama is correct in theory. Obama said in Beijing that: «who will fight are not our children. In the end the Iraqis responsibility for combating daash and to ensure their safety. "
And while President Obama reiterated the u.s. commitment '' to help the Iraqis help themselves», declared that America will add another 1,500 troops as advisers on Iraq, which means almost doubling the US force there.
How the u.s. can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past?
In search of the answer to this question, spoke this week with Stuart Bowen, the former looked to the reconstruction of Iraq, which the library to check corruption and mismanagement in Iraq's previous failure. It has helped me in a paper assessment of current efforts. In order to understand how things have become worse in Iraq after the u.s. invasion in March 2003. You can read the recent report prepared by bwin in 2013, entitled "learning from Iraq." The discretion that about 40 per cent of the projects sponsored by the United States and scrutiny includes significant shortcomings.
And here there is a strange reminder about how to exit the Iraq spending out of control, as written in Bowen's 2003 and 2004. The United States handed over to Iraq more than 10 billion dollars in cash-obtained from frozen oil revenues of Iraq was in the form of bundles of banknotes of 100-dollar ". Bowen notes that "these funds have not been managed well. '' Perhaps many of them were looted funds.
Bowen says in describing the Iraqi Central Bank: «the US reconstruction programme reinforced unintentionally (triangle of political patronage), which includes political parties, government officials and community groups. This axis killer urged to terrorism and corruption that has poisoned the country».
In short, there is the challenge; over the last decade devastated Iraq sectarian violence and corruption. Any us effort being made to rebuild the Iraqi army forces-to be able to defeat Islamic extremists-addressing those issues. And again, Obama was right when he insisted on dropping Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as sectarian as a condition for military aid. But what do we do now?
How to handle Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abbadi, who succeeded Al-Maliki enjoys the support of the us, with key issues for clean government and less sectarian? I began a slow start. As can be seen from the following:
Corruption: Iraq can succeed militarily or economically without reducing the corruption that reigned supreme in the reign of Al-Maliki. According to the findings of Bowen's report, money laundering through Bank resulted in the loss of more than $ 100 billion over the last 10 years and it was leaking a lot of that money to banks in Dubai and Beirut. It is set on the relationship recently as Governor of the Central Bank News not encouraging; the relationship between the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers during the reign of Al-Maliki was on the supervision of government contracting.
The Maliki government took advantage of communalism: to punish the Sunni majority in Iraq, which push them to extremes. It was Al-Abadi talked about ending the sectarian police state, but he named Mohammad Salim Yu to serve as Minister of the Interior, an official of the Badr Brigade, which has seen much of the year as a Shiite death squad. The year of fear to have Yu ordered Hadi Amiri, Commander of the Corps.
Military training: collapsed Iraqi army trained by the United States when organising daash Mosul in June. And now the new trainers from the United States and other Nations to rebuild the army. But be careful, as the United States has spent more than $ 20 billion for training Iraqi security forces in the period 2005-2011. Pentagon planners need to ask: what will seem different this time?
Communicating with Kurds: in order to gain the support of the Kurds, Al-Abbadi should carry the promise of Iraq's Constitution to allocate 17 per cent of the national budget you Destin; he must also pass a new law ensures the sharing of oil revenues. Since the month of January (January) received one of the Kurds for the promised budget allocations.
Regional networking: to rebuild trust with the year, the Abadi, in cooperation with the neighboring Gulf States, not just Iran. Arab participation is a two-way; where travel to Riyadh Al-Abadi and other Gulf capitals, and Saudi Arabia and reciprocity. Iraq can take the lead against the organization only if the State daash more comprehensive (and decentralized as well). Obama strategy is logical in theory, but cannot function without effective measures to avert sectarianism and corruption.
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