I may get flamed for this, but here goes.
Allowing Sadr to live for as long as he has is criminal.
Our brave men deserve better. And to allow a known terrorist and his cronies to take part in the Iraqi government is self destructive.
Who made this decision that caused the preventable deaths of Americans?
Not sure that you are correct.
It appears to me that it has been al-Qaeda and Sunni based insurgents who have been IED'ing our troops.Up until recently, the Shiite militias have been targeting Iraqi civilians.
I suspect, our delay in dealing with the Shiite militias is because we want the Iraqi security forces to remove the Shiite militias instead of our precious soldiers putting their lives on the line going door-to-door doing the dirty work.
That scenario probably saves American lives.
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You'll get no flames from me.
It's long past the time when this pig should have had a close encounter with a .50 cal HE "message" from a U.S. Barrett sniper rifle -- preferably when he was right in the middle of a mob of his sycophants.