[Quix]

I *HOPE* the order includes:

"TAKE NO PRISONERS."

[meenie]

The issue becomes a little bit more complicated than just killing Sadr. Sistani is waiting in the wings with a far larger majority of Shiites supporting him. The United States does not want Sistani capturing the election process because it would mean that Iraq would become a Muslim theocracy. Sadr divides the Shiite majority so if he is killed, Sistani gains the full Shiite majority, exactly what the US does not want. There is no possibility that the Bush dream of democracy in Iraq can overcome the obstacles in its way. One appreciates the wisdom that Bush 41 had in not going on into Iraq. Bush 43 is in a morass that is going to cost him an election if things don't start breaking his way.