[Allegra]

The decision by Jawad al-Boulani covers units operating in Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad and the predominately Shiite areas in southern Iraq, including Basra.

It's al-Bolani and there are thousands more who are willing and ready to attend the Police College and fight for Iraq. No shortage of sherta recruits.

Iraq is standing strong on this and if they stick to their guns (bad pun unintended), they will turn a major corner on the path to peace and stability here.

[Uhaul]

I hope you’re right and I’m wrong. I know there are many many Iraqis that want peace but my professional assessment is that when we pull out - even if it is 10 years from now - it is going to be nothing but a bloodbath. This time I suspect the shia will win out. The Kurds, as usual, will get screwed.

In the meantime we are wasting huge sums of money and too much blood. We are just putting off the inevitable.

[trane250]

Iraq is standing strong on this and if they stick to their guns (bad pun unintended), they will turn a major corner on the path to peace and stability here.

What about the Bushee DEMOCRACY agenda? A benevolent dictator will bring peace and stability. Come to think of it, that's what Iraq needs right now.