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Originally posted by RawAlex@Jun 17 2004, 09:50 AM
Colin, when the US ran the government out of the capital, at the same time, they disbanded the military - mostly, from what I read at the time, becuase they feared military people having weapons and a means to organize people who might be in opposition to the US. They did the same with the police forces, for the most part.
That is one of the contributing factors to the unstoppable looting and distruction that went on shortly after. No police, no military, and not enough US troops to replace them and keep order - and nobody had the desire to even try. Heck, the US troops were helping to pull down Saddam statues.
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Right, so which was the better choice and why? Also, what did it mean to disband the Iraqi military when in effect they seem to have went home by themselves en masse even before hostilities reached them?