You said:
“AQI is a media monster that can’t survive without camera time.”
What a profound and truth-filled statement! The sorry-a$$ world media has been feeding this very same monster for years. What a cash cow for them. Wonder where they are going to go now....
...The sorry-a$$ world media has been feeding this very same monster for years. What a cash cow for them. Wonder where they are going to go now....
Who, AQI or the media? Because I can suggest a location that will suit both of them. ;-)
AQI is done for. They've got guys still willing to fight and die, and fight and die they will. The brains of the outfit are gone, their image as legitimate resistance is shattered, and their popularity with the average Sunni is about zero.
The media will have to look at the Jaysh al Mahdi for the next enemy, but they won't look to hard. That road leads directly to Iran. No one in the global media has any interest in uncovering that particular truth. They don't like where it goes.
To weaken President Bush, both the media and AQI used innocent Iraqi blood. And each other.
Not so with the Jaysh al Mahdi Special Groups. They're Iranian agents, trained, organized and financed. In short, they're connected to a major power who has a forwarding address. As far as the average journalist is concerened, there's no sense in getting America interested in that fight. If they do, it can escelate right into Tehran.
Iran knows this too. Once AQI goes, the fight for Iraq ends. They don't dare keep fighting without AQI to distract America.