is the US going mad?

Iraqi officers who served under the regime of Saddam Hussein are being now invited to rejoin the army. The force was disbanded after the US-led invasion in 2003 - a move seen by many as an error as it created large numbers of unemployed, disaffected men. The appeal is part of a drive to build up a military to replace the current multinational troops, who are struggling with a Sunni-led insurgency. Well there you go, have the enemy work for you, slick! I think they should reinstate Saddam Hussein as president, create new sanctions and have the private sector profit from braking the sanctions and simultaneously keep blaming the UN for braking such sanctions.
(just kidding, but it is ineed a frustrating and sad story...)