Comments on: Surge of Opportunity

By: Gregory Purcell

Gregory Purcell — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:38:18 +0000

“Wack al-Sadr and destroy the Mahdi Army.”

but Maliki just got his butt kicked.

Mar 30, 2008 08:32 EST

NAJAF, Iraq, March 30 (Reuters) – Followers of Moqtada al-Sadr will not hand over their weapons as part of a move to end fighting in Iraq, a top Sadr aide said.

The aide, Hazem al-Araji, also said that Sadr’s followers had received a guarantee from the government that it would end “random arrests” of Sadr followers. He spoke to journalists at Sadr’s office in the holy city of Najaf after distributing a statement from Sadr calling on followers to stop fighting.

(Reporting by Khaled Farhan; writing by Peter Graff; editing by Ross Colvin)

Source: Reuters North American News Service

By: SoldiersDad

SoldiersDad — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:07:11 +0000

Neither AQIZ or Mehdi Army can prevail without Baghdad.
AQIZ can’t survive without Mosul.
Mehdi Army can’t survive without Basra.

Looks to me that someone decided to take Basra away from Moqtada’s goons.

War for Dummies – page 87…if there is no spring or fall offensive…the war is over.

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:40:24 +0000

I’m with Jules. Drop a big ol’ concrete bomb on Sadr’s head, and a lot of problems will be solved.

By: American Power

American Power — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:35:38 +0000

Antiwar Left Ecstatic as Surge is Questioned

“Why haven’t the Democrats declared victory in Iraq and suggested now is the time to go home? The answer is that they have become obsessed with fighting the last war – the last political war against George W. Bush…”

By: Fatty Bolger

Fatty Bolger — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:30:28 +0000

The almost desperate desire for things to fall apart in Iraq comes through loud and clear, doesn’t it?

I wonder if Iran might be behind this. It would fit with what Petraeus was saying the other day.

The other possibility is that Sadr is preparing for some sort of negotation with the government, or even the US. I believe he’s done this before.

By: Martini Revolution » Is teh Surge losing its Magick?

Martini Revolution » Is teh Surge losing its Magick? — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:49:51 +0000

[...] least one Wingnut war fanatic views the onset of a full civil war in Iraq as an “opportunity”: Sounds like it could [...]

By: ikez78

ikez78 — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:52:11 +0000

I am sick and tired of the hoping for disasters in Iraq to help the Dems and the celebrating of 4000 deaths in the way the press covered it.

By: Potfry

Potfry — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:45:51 +0000

Wait a second– weren’t liberals saying that the surge wasn’t working before this? So is it even less effective now?

The joy in left-ville over any hint that the seeds of chaos are sprouting in Iraq is both palpable and nauseating.