[MikefromOhio]

Its clear that Sadr, al-Qaeda, and Iran all have the same vision for Iraq (a destabilized wasteland).

No it isn't. AQ and Iran have simliar ideas, but Sadr wants to be the next Saddam or Kohimeni.....

[jmc1969]

So does Zarqawi, but he is smart enough to do that he won't get that so he wants the next best thing a fractured militant Iraq. If Sadr can't get it all he will go for the Zarqawi method of a destabilized Iraq that he can carve a part off for himself.