The Future of Iraq is in Safe Hands, but Uncoordinated Feet
From the archive: published Dec 24, 2008, 17 years ago. Details may have changed since.
With President Elect Barack Obama set to withdraw US troops from Iraq in 2010, security will fall into the main control of the Iraqi Army.
Rumors of poor command, low morale and general incompetence for the Iraqi Army have circulated for years, but we’ve never heard them being called uncoordinated before.
The following video was taken of Iraqi soldiers in training attempting to do jumping jacks (side-straddle hop in military lingo).