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Several nations offered to train Iraqi in their own countries. The POTUS flat refused and I'm not sure that was a wise decision. Occasionally he lets his tunnel vision and hard head over ride reason. While I was in Germany we always had foreign troops in Lenggries for training. We trained a cadre and then accompanied them back to their home countries to continue training their troops. The same was true in Panama. That is what the School of the Americas in Ft. Gulick was all about. Unfortunately the lefties decided we were training terrorists and insurgents rather than troops to defend their countries against such terrorists and insurgencies. I would imagine similar courses were conducted on Oki.
The program was effective. We pulled troops out of their homeland to train in safety and even get a tast od "the better life'. I understand there are still loyal ex-US trained troops in Iran. We trained the NCOs and Officers. Then we accompanied them back to their homelands to train the troops.
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