Comments on: Why Muqtada al-Sadr Won’t Back Down http://donklephant.com/2008/03/27/why-muqtada-al-sadr-wont-back-down/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:27:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mw http://donklephant.com/2008/03/27/why-muqtada-al-sadr-wont-back-down/#comment-395051 mw Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:27:52 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/27/why-muqtada-al-sadr-wont-back-down/#comment-395051 Anyone else think it interesting that this all started immediately after Dick Cheney's visit? To paraphrase from the Bourne series (I don’t remember which one.) “Dick doesn’t do random.” Also - He doesn't do e-mails, unsecured phone calls, memo’s, nothing traceable. And he does not do meaningless PR trips to Iraq, which is all we have seen reported. I am guessing this trip was about a face to face meeting with Nouri al-Maliki to deliver a simple message: <i>“Green Light. Just wanted to drop by Nouri, and let you to know that if, by chance, for any reason, you feel compelled to take out your legitimately elected political opposition, who’s support is the only reason you were able to form a government and become prime minister - well - we are here for you, my friend. We got your back.”</i> Just one more blunder to pile on the mountain of Iraq blunders spearheaded by Cheney. You'd think just the laws of statistics would mandate that he'd get something right on Iraq at some point in the last six years. Anyone else think it interesting that this all started immediately after Dick Cheney’s visit? To paraphrase from the Bourne series (I don’t remember which one.) “Dick doesn’t do random.” Also - He doesn’t do e-mails, unsecured phone calls, memo’s, nothing traceable. And he does not do meaningless PR trips to Iraq, which is all we have seen reported.

I am guessing this trip was about a face to face meeting with Nouri al-Maliki to deliver a simple message: “Green Light. Just wanted to drop by Nouri, and let you to know that if, by chance, for any reason, you feel compelled to take out your legitimately elected political opposition, who’s support is the only reason you were able to form a government and become prime minister - well - we are here for you, my friend. We got your back.”

Just one more blunder to pile on the mountain of Iraq blunders spearheaded by Cheney. You’d think just the laws of statistics would mandate that he’d get something right on Iraq at some point in the last six years.

]]> By: axt113 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/27/why-muqtada-al-sadr-wont-back-down/#comment-395013 axt113 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:30:23 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/03/27/why-muqtada-al-sadr-wont-back-down/#comment-395013 Seems like the Iraqi gov forces are being beaten by the Mahdi forces in Basra so the only way out is a negotiation where Malaki may have to give up something to regain the peace Seems like the Iraqi gov forces are being beaten by the Mahdi forces in Basra so the only way out is a negotiation where Malaki may have to give up something to regain the peace

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