The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Al Sadr's "Pledge" : Fool Me Twice Shame on Me?
A lot of blogs are making a big deal about the fact that firebrand Shiite cleric (and ally of our Iranian enemies) Muqtada Al Sadr has declared a 6-month "cease fire" in his Mahdi Army's not-so-private war against US troops in Iraq. Yes, perhaps this will help to convince on the fence Americans that the surge is working, but on the other hand we have seen Al Sadr pull this crap before. Personally, I am more inclined to go with Uncle Jimbo's take on this:
Well you better work out a policy there because Sadr City is on the list and your clowns better figure out which team they are gonna play on. Mookie has pulled this, what three times now? Whenever he sees a little red dot on his chest, he declares a cease fire, or more properly a hudna, meaning his troops rest and refit and wait for more advantageous times.BAGHDAD - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered a six-month suspension of activities by his Mahdi Army militia in order to reorganize the force, and it will no longer attack U.S. and coalition troops, aides said Wednesday....
Asked if Mahdi militiamen would defend themselves against provocations, he replied: "We will deal with it when it happens."
Well that ain't gonna fly this time. In or out Mookie, no sitting in the stands heckling. Now we have been making deals with quite a few Sunni Sheikhs, with pretty unpalatable backgrounds, so I'm not saying we can't cut a deal with him. But any deal needs to be on our terms and involve some shows of loyalty to the central government. Second biggest mistake of the occupation after disbanding the Army, not martyring Mookie the first time he poked his head up.
Labels: al-Sadr, America War Support, Iran, Iraq, War strategy, War Successes
