# To Hell in a Handbasket, A Reprise \[The situation in Iraq\]

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 17, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-in-a-handbasket-a-reprise-the-situation-in-iraq/269727 "2004-10-17T22:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-hell-in-a-handbasket-a-reprise-the-situation-in-iraq/269727/21 "2004-10-20T19:15:37Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> Like similar incidents earlier this year in Fallujah and Baghdad’s Sadr City, the desertions are prompting coalition officers to improve training for Iraqi recruits.

:rolleyes: Or maybe they could try to give them a government worth fighting for? One that isn’t an obvious U.S. puppet?

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