Diggs
2008-03-30 07:05:41
Every day that al Sadr stays alive, he gains in stature. His followers believe that the US hasn’t killed him because we fear him. There is no basis in their current society to believe that we might have allowed him to live in order to try to get him to accept a peaceful transition into the political process, and bring his militia with him.
His death will bring a short duration frenzy of violence, but will ensure there’s no repeat performance of this long running soap-opera.
