[Kakaze]

"We are looking into whether or not his eminence Moqtada al-Sadr will make his appearance in Kufa, depending on the seriousness of some threats to his security,

If WE were serious.........His eminence, Would have already had his fat ass splattered all over a wall inside one of these mosque.

His continued breathing is a monument to our lack of seriousness.

[Polybius]

His continued breathing is a monument to our lack of seriousness.

Exactly.

Americans will support a war whose aims are explained and defended and which is fought in a manner that will bring victory.

Bush, IMHO, is failing on all three counts and the strategic consequences will be catastrophic if this Bravo Sierra is not turned around.