It seems to be the new fad these last few weeks for republicans to go on air and brag about the 89... or 93... or somewhere in that range - American trained Iraq battalions. They often try to squeeze in there something along the lines of "the liberal media doesn't want to talk about this".

But my favorite part is, yes, I'll give it to them, there are what-ever number of Iraqi battalions... but only one, I repeat, one battalion - which consist of only 800 troops - is ready to operate without American troops. And that number used to be three. It's taken us over two years to train one battalion.

But - some are claiming that it's not the number of Iraqi troops that matters, but more their functions or abilities to multitask.

For example: the one operational-ready battalion is fully prepared to cook their own food, play the drums, and hold their "business" for up to three days. I'm not joking... which is the saddest part. These three things were the only three examples of why 800 Iraqi troops were just as good as... 8,000.

Now, I almost made this audio clip play automatically I thought it was so important that as many people as possible hear it... but I decided against it for now. But please, please take the four minutes and listen to the commanding officer of this 'one' Iraqi battalion... it's mind blowing, and very, very sad for the Iraqi people.


Also, is it just me, or does the commander keep calling Sam, the radio host, "ma'am"?