[Billthedrill]

Fascinating development. Mookie's had a couple of little sit-downs with the Quds as well recently. The Mahdi army hasn't really been his for a long time and I'm guessing that despite Ahmadinejad's recent threats they've decided they're not ready for a prime time dance with the Marines. Smart choice.

He certainly isn't the only one to figure out it's smart to cool it until the U.S. troops leave. The really smart ones figured that out some time ago. Ahmadinejad and the other mouths are insisting that the U.S. is somehow being humiliated when the murder bombers hit a marketplace but nobody's buying that anymore and the Iraqis are finally getting tired enough of it and strong enough to do something about it. Mook doesn't want to be on the bad side of that one. He's not so tight with the real government that they couldn't afford to make an example out of him.

[Cap Huff]

Points well made, but one thought:

“Ahmadinejad and the other mouths are insisting that the U.S. is somehow being humiliated when the murder bombers hit a marketplace but nobody’s buying that anymore . . .”

“but nobody’s buying that anymore . . .” Nobody in this case does not include the MSM and the Dems who become elated every time good and honorable people die over there.