So, a newsweek reporter is best to decide on if certain parts of Iraq can be handed over to Iraqi security forces? Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't US and Iraqi forces on the ground, the best ones to decide that?
But is Karbala ready for the big handover? Last week Iraqi security forces shut down the main roads into the city as militia elements shot it out near the city center, and there were reports of a car bomb in the city yesterday. In late August fighting during the Shaabaniya religious festival, which commemorates the birthday of the 12th Shia imam, left dozens of people dead and hundreds wounded.
Yes, these things happen, but why is it so bad that the Iraqi's deal with it instead of US forces? The Iraqi's have been trained and working hard on getting their footing, so if everyone thinks they are ok to start on these problems, why not?
Some of the overeager Iraqi security guards even insisted on disarming American soldiers before letting them near the VIP tent where Maliki was sitting. Still, Gen. Lynch reassured Iraqi officials in his speech. “We’re only a phone call away,” he said.
So the guard was a bit overzealous. No big deal. He was simply doing his job.
So until Newsweek can show a concrete reason why the Iraqi's can't take over, I fail to see why they would put out a sensationalist story when they have no proof to back it up.
Travis
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