We should have taken out al-Sadr and his army when we had the chance.
We should have stopped the Sunni and al-qaeda terrorists from blowing up more than 100 Shia civilians daily when we had the chance.
We blew the chances and I don't blame the Shias for finally having enough of the bombs and beheading and deciding to directly take on the Sunni terrorists in direct combat and direct tit-for-tat beheadings.
Maybe the Iraqi government should have stopped it sooner. Maybe the US should have stopped it sooner. But any man can only take seeing his fellow tribemen getting blown up and beheaded for so long before he steps up to the plate and takes on the job himself.
I am afraid we have to let them fight it out.
If the al-aqaeda terrorists win the battle, we have to go back in and really kick butt this time.
The Badr militia has been targeting insurgent leaders since 2004.
The Madhi Army doesn't target insurgents. The Madhi Army is a bunch of cowards that find dozens of Sunni women and children and butcher them to show their manhood.
The Madhi Army are cowardly monsters like al-Qaeda.
Yup: The maggots should be just about done on Al Sadr now, instead of him having 60,000 men .
One of the problems is that all the while we were training an Iraqui police force we have been training Al Sadr's men.
Until the shooting actually starts they cant tell who the guy standing next to them wil be shooting.
I say protect the Kurds and let these people fight to the death of both sides. I cant see where either side is worth protecting.