[DB]

Allowing al-Sadr to continue breathing as a matter of policy really, really irritates me.

The man is directly responsible for many dead Americans.

He should have been made an example of some time ago. His still living has embolden our enemies over and over again.

[kuntakinte]

I guess making a martyr out of him could be prooven counterproductive...

From the example of Saddam's capture, out of the high expectations, not much materialised...
And Saddam only had few hard core dead-ender followers.

Sadr has about a million Shiits...
MOST ( I mean 99% ) only sits on the wall.
1% making mess.

Would you take the risk to turn the 99% against the US?