[Mark Felton]

Very bad idea...

[montag813]

They told Reuters after meeting to discuss the violence sweeping Iraq that using more force against the young cleric and his followers could lead to more civilian casualties and bolster support for him.

We could have killed him and his posse IDF-style the moment they left that mosque yesterday. As usual our wussy DoD leadership dropped the ball again.

[Cold Heat]

They are so "deal" intensive.

This is the way they have operated for centuries and it is not going to be easy to break them of this habit.

[cdrw]

So murder and armed insurrection are okay as long as you maintain the capability to inflict a lot of harm, take over police stations, induce large amounts of civilian collateral damage ... but if your are just you average criminal citizen with no backing from Tehran (sp?) then we will lock you up.

These guys are totally nuts. VERY VERY bad idea. Nobody in a civilized society is allowed to get away with murder or armed insurrection against the government.

Sadr should hang.

[ZULU]

Nothing succeeds like success. If he walks away from this alive, we will here from him and other like him very soon.

[CaptRon]

Sadr could easily be contained in a box about 6 feet by 2 feet.

[freebilly]

Too little too late. We're gonna kick ass to make sure this sh!t doesn't happen again....

[Wolfhound777]

Forget it. It's on now. We have them them where we want them and that's out in the open trying to engaging us. This works to our benefit as we can eliminate them more quickly. I do agree with the no prosecution though as it is tough to send a dead person to jail.

[Redcloak]

I have a better idea: Lop off Al-Sadr's head and stick it on a pike. Case closed.

[GretchenEE]

Did the USA not restore electricity to Iraq?

Why aren't the Iraqi governing council-ors using the light bulbs?

[McGavin999]

If the GC does something like this it should be disbanded as total incompetents. Either they uphold the rule of law or there is no function for them. Letting this guy go will only make him stronger. They are growing their next Saddam.

[McGavin999]

I vote we send in some SF guys to kidnap him and replace him with a look alike who will confess everything, disband his group, and join a group of hermits.

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

I agree with you Mark. Very Very bad idea.

We can't make deals with terrorists!

[CyberAnt]

Yes, very bad idea, and I don't believe this. The council has made really tough but good decisions in the past .. and this one seems to be 180 degrees from that. Also .. this group is extremely tough on Saddam so I just don't believe they feel this way. You might find ONE MEMBER who has given this opinion, but not the whole council.

[Bellflower]

I think this whole group of people in this area have waged war on the rest of Iraq. I think the rest of the people in Iraq need to realize that they are their enemies and wage was against them and bring them to their knees or else they will be sorry later. These people want to rule Iraq again. It would be best if they harshly delt with their own people and we did not have to do it so that it would not be used as anti-American propaganda for the rest of the Arab world. If they want to govern themselves they need to show teeth and this would be a good start for them. They need to take responsibility for what their people have done. We can certainly help them with weapons and logistics. Of coarse, if they don't clean them out we should.

[not-an-ostrich]

Since the arrest warrant is months old I would say they have already "been there, done that" and look what they reaped.