Will we see any change?
Funding for Iraq groups phasing out
Or will the situation that exist now stay pretty much the same?
And if change, how serious?
The process in northern Iraq could be a harbinger for how it is done by American units in other parts of the country. The decision to cut off funding has some soldiers worried that Iraq could lose some of its hard-won security gains when the groups disappear.
“Them getting rid of the ‘Sons of Iraq’ is going to be one of the biggest mistakes they’ve made,” said 1st Sgt. Michael Livingston, a 1st Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment soldier who has worked extensively with the security volunteers in the Ninevah and Salah ad Din provinces.
Looks like some In-Country may have that answer!