“By attempting to take Sadr out ahead of the elections, Maliki has succeeded in undoing the ceasefire, rolling back the surge successes (such as they were) and forcing the Coalition to serve Iran’s interests — a real trifecta. He also risks a total collapse of his own (and the IA’s) credibility, and igniting a Shi’a-on-Shi’a civil war which the Sunnis will doubtless capitalize on.”
Brilliant analysis. Maliki was doing Iran’s bidding when he authorized Iraqi troops to help take out the Qods Force goons; he also did Iran’s bidding when he approved of the SAS going into Iran and killing gun runners and bomb makers on the border.
According to Bill Roggio, the IA and Coalition have already killed and arrested hundreds of al Sadr’s idiots. And the U.S. military says the stories of Iraqi cops deserting their posts are lies.
I’m positive this will all turn out fine.
Fine for those of us who want to win, I mean. It’ll be awful for Iran, al Sadr, and BDS-infected American defeatists.
