From Andrew Baccevich (born 1947), American historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at the Boston University Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies:
It may be time to admit that there is no Iraq. We presume to be creating a national army that is willing to fight for the nation of Iraq, but I don’t think it’s self-evident that Iraq exists, except in the most nominal sense. If that’s true, then further efforts – a second decade’s worth of efforts to build an Iraqi army – simply are not likely to pan out.
