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IMO before you can transfer power to the Iraqis, a strong Iraqi police and military structure must be created, so that the government can demand instead of asking and act instead of sitting. And such a thing demands time. Let's try not to forget that only a few months have passed since the end of the previous regime, and if you look back in history, the estabilishment of a new strong power requires more than that.
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But that ignores the Kosovo experience which proved that not only could you transfer power before the creation of a strong 'native' police/military force - but that you could do it within less than five months.