AS laments:
But do we have enough troops to do this [embed and train]? And why was this not done years ago? Oh, forget that last question, but rephrase it: given the level of talent in the White House, what are the chances of getting it right this time?<
BACKSTORY
First, here is what went wrong. Read testimony of the guy in charge of training the ISF.
KAGEN's ASSUMPTIONS
Kagen is probably wrong on two counts. One, the military have already decided for on-the-job training to facilitate "acceleration", despite the MIT training courses they have set up.
The ISG or B-H Report mentions continuing on with embeds until 1Q2008 (see R42). So far as I can tell, this is what the military's pros have been suggesting for a while now and implementing.
NUMBERS GAME?
The hard questions about how recruiting is going for ISF (Army and police), by province, aren't asked of the podium too often without a "classified" *cough*.
However, the tea leaves that I've read through suggest that the problem isn't with numbers, but with quality (although, again, that is an overall assessment - numbers do appear to be a problem in some places). That is a good thing - time improves quality, but time will not improve numbers ...
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