SWJED
11-14-2005, 09:37 AM
14 Nov. Los Angeles Times editorial - Fixing a Mistake in Iraq (http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq14nov14,0,735016.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials). Excerpt follows:
"The Iraqi government this month month belatedly got around to reversing one of the worst errors of the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran the country after the invasion: the disbanding of the Iraqi army. Some officers had been called back into service earlier, but the transitional government issued a near-blanket invitation to officers up to the rank of major to apply for reinstatement..."
"The Iraqi government this month month belatedly got around to reversing one of the worst errors of the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority, which ran the country after the invasion: the disbanding of the Iraqi army. Some officers had been called back into service earlier, but the transitional government issued a near-blanket invitation to officers up to the rank of major to apply for reinstatement..."