Iraqis are loosing battle for Ramadi.
I think, the problem runs deep to recruitment of soldiers in pre-war period. Instead of choosing the right candidates for the right job, army was a source of steady paying job in economy of misery and high unemployment. One cannot get a good fighting spirit from people who never cared to be a soldier in first place. The biggest problem though is rampant cronyism that effects quality of commanding officers. Most of commanders got their positions from being a friends of top politicians. Again, it was a good paying position for people without any military education, who didn't have a clue how to run an army, how to train soldiers, how to increase morals, or organize defensive and offensive. The consequences for Iraqi's military men are grave and it shows in their performance on a battle field. They are outrun and outmaneuvered by lightly armed, but high spirited, Daesh fighters. Even though the Iraqis are much better armed, and with air support. On top of it they are escaping so fast that they leave behind top class military equipment, and not the first time! A really pathetic picture.
Seems that Iraqis will need much bigger help from Iranian army.
One police officer confirmed that at least 30 U.S. supplied armored Humvees, which had been sent as reinforcements on Saturday, had been abandoned in the neighborhood of Malaab alone.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article21233256.html
PS. Anyone has an idea about numbers of Daesh attacking Ramadi? Perhaps I'm a bit too harsh on Iraqi's army?
