“Sadr has called for calm”
Sadr sleeps with camels and it has to be soon realized that he has no real authority if he is taken out by one of our fine marine snipers, under the guise of just war actions of course. He and his group hate us whether we allow him to remain alive or not. So what’s the big diff? Let’s call him a casualty of war and get on with it.
Yes, but a solid percentage of Iraq citizens listen and obey Sadr. After another day has gone by, and the entire region is facing rising conflict, we need some real leadership in the Mideast. I would hope Bush stops wasting time on his immigration sideshow and put everything he has into trying to solve the Mideast. It’s time to send in the Money, Guns and Lawyers for real, shake a big stick while really talking to everyone in the region, and send Condi to sit down with people like Sadr to at least access his sanity from a tableside seat. Maybe the head of the UN can join her, and the heads of Hamas and Fatah, the Lebanon crews, the Prime Minister of Israel, and the head of Syria, all sitting down together, locking the door, and solving the entire matter before countries like Turkey and others really start to play.