In the past 11 years the United States has occupied and undertaken nation building efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This included the formation and training of local military forces. The training efforts undertaken by the US to reform the Iraqi military and create the National Afghan Army may be the largest operation of its kind in US history. Our nation building attempts also rank up there in US history. However, the US isn't the first nation to undertake such operations in the Middle East during the 20th century. Actually the British attempted nation building in Iraq and Jordan and also undertook programs to create and train local military groups around the Persian Gulf.
I think there are some interesting lessons to be learned given the circumstances at the time the British carried out these operations. I'm going to have to take a closer look because the information is limited. I've been interested in the British involvement in the Trucial States, Oman, and Trans Jordan but there is much more to uncover in these countries and in Yemen and Iraq.
Chris don't worry about reading the two paragraphs above just look at these:
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