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As the president said we have to shut down the aid that the Syrians are giving the Sunnis and the aid the Iranians are giving the Shiites.  Without this foreign aid the so-called insurgence would collapse.  I believe the plan is a good one and can work if our nation will give it a chance.

You don’t have to be a moron to be a liberal Democrat but it sure helps.

Already there are deniers, the line is that these men are only following the Call to Jihad and not operating as mebers of Iranian military/intelligence units. The rationale being that the Iranian government cannot stop a man from seeking martyrdom and do not control their actions.

Syria is going with the renegade troops who have deserted from their military schtick. Quite likely they will actually execute a few as window dressing. Either way, they are martyrs and happy in Paradise.

Mental. F***king. Illness.

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2H, I think that there is more than the al Queda involved here.  The enmity between the Iranians, Syrians and Iraqis goes way way back thousands of year so anything that will give the Iraqis grief will be okay with the Syrians and Iranians.  During the Saddam years, Iraqi was the kingpin in the Middle-east which they probably resented and now is their time for payback.

You don’t have to be a moron to be a liberal Democrat but it sure helps.

Oh, yea! Persian. It ain’t just a rug. Long before Islam there was Persia, and the people of Persia would like nothing better than to regain their former borders. They see chaos in Iraq and Afghanistan and Lebanon and Somalia and Sudan etc,etc,etc, as a positive.

There are at least an even dozen 1000yearold(and older) dogs in this fight. I have been trying for years to get that basic message across to people, and it just does not seem to get through.

You,Toot,Carrick, y’all get it! You guys understand all this crap did not just spring, fully bloomed, from the sand in 1920. Lik is one of the only people I communicate with under the age of 30 who gets it. Rob can feel the edges of it, but like most bright, openminded people of his generation it just does not add up. Like an optical illusion, you see it, but it just does not make sense.

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I hope we annihilate Al Sadr and every bit of his illegal army.

I hope we annihilate Al Sadr and every bit of his illegal army.

That’s Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr.

Given that explosive reality - if we ever do annihilate the guy, I hope we never admit it and sufficiently leave everybody guessing as to who dealt out the fate. Those guys are as close to untouchable as one can get in Islamic society; and Sunni or Shiite, it doesn’t matter - it’s all Muslim and Islam at that point.

Many people often worry about martyr status for various people who probably don’t often warrant the concern. Saddam Hussein? Forget about it. He was a shitball who wasn’t liked by the Shiite world and wasn’t even really like by most of the Sunni world.

al-Sadr is one of those times were the concern is a bit more legit. An entity like the United States specifically targeting and then taking out a popular Sayyid? We have to be careful there.

Update:

In the past, MNF-I press releases would refer to Sadr with the honorific “al-Sayyid” and appeal to the Mahdi Army to adhere to the ceasefire. Here is an example of a typical press release from late December 2007, which leaves an opening for Sadr and his Mahdi Army to end the violence:

“We commend all those who honor al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr’s ceasefire pledge… Significant progress has been made in the fight for a secure and stable Iraq, but dangerous criminal elements still exist.”

Now, MNF-I is explicitly stating the goal is to “capture or kill these criminals” while dropping any pretenses about the neutrality of the Mahdi Army. Here is an example from a press release today:

”Iranian-backed Special Groups and other criminal elements who refuse to honor the rule of law are directly responsible for the current violence in Baghdad, as well as the deaths of countless innocent civilians,” said Lt. Col. Steven Stover, a spokesman for MND-B. “We will continue to work with Iraqi civilians and Iraqi Security Forces to identify, capture or kill these criminals who are terrorizing the people of Baghdad.”

I especially love how mookie is begging for truce in Farsi, and threatening all out war in English. Check out this article. The underlying point is that Ba’athists are accepting that their reign is over, yet mookie thinks he can still tumble this whole thing so HE comes out on top. The best part? Iranian agents will kill him if it looks likely that will happen. He is simply a tool, an means to an end. That end being a destabilized Iraq theyu can loot and use as a terrorist breeding pen. Just look at what they have been doing to the Palestinians and Lebanese since the mid-’80s.

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Sadr and his goons have been a thorn in our and the Iraqi side since Fallujah.  Way past time to remove and destroy it doing what ever it takes include excursions into Iran and Syria.

You don’t have to be a moron to be a liberal Democrat but it sure helps.