CNN Erin Burnett OutFront May 27, 2015 23:06:00
>> prime minister maliki shares a lot of the blame here by getting rid of his senior army commanders the ones who were competent. unfortunately most of them were sunni and they were let go at the expense of shia cronies of the prime minister. >> reporter: then came the withdrawal of u.s. forces in 2011. leaving the iraqis with no military infrastructure no equivalent of west point, a national guard, or pentagon to train and lead the troops. morale is said to be terrible. corruption rife. many so...
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