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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
The problem with Iraq's army is that while it was fairly lavishly equip by the Americans, it is pretty poorly trained and worse yet, it has a moral situation. So it was fairly easy to break down. Especially when your fighting a force that basically doesn't take prisoners and executes its prisoners in a particularly ugly fashion.
I would argue that if they tangled with Iran's army, they would probably have the same results as when they tangled with Iraq's army, unless they're dealing with Iran's Republican Guard units.
Turkey has a pretty professional military, they are well trained to NATO standards, they'd probably have some success against ISIS. However when your fighting a irregular military like that it becomes a bloody game of inches.
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Yeah, it became evident in both Gulf Wars that the Iraqi army didn't have their hearts in it. Most were in it just for a pay cheque, went home when the Americans invaded, and were quick to pledge themselves to the army of occupied Iraq the minute Saddam fell. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the same soldiers were now in ISIS just to survive.