US admits it won't be able to train enough troops in time for Mosul offensive

[Vox Moi]

3. The US should train and equip ISIS

The US has a dismal track record for training and equipping foreign troops.

- It takes forever. Over a decade of US training and equipping and still there aren't 20,000 troops in Iraq to re-take Mosul, which was lost by Iraqi troops who abandoned all that expensive equipment to ISIS. The Afghan situation isn't any better and we all remember how very effective the South Vietnamese army was after all the training and money we provided them.

- It doesn't work, even after forever. Underfunded, under-trained and resource-challenged irregulars make mincemeat of the armies we have trained and equipped.

So, if the USA trained and equipped ISIS, the Taliban and Boko Haram, they wouldn't stand a chance.