“I’m praying this isn’t turning into Fallujah part deux.”
This seems really bad! But I think it was inevitable. Sadr was planning to attack as soon as the surge ended. Too bad for him we have an excellent general in Patreus that foresaw this and convinced the President to pause further drops in the amount of troops we have there.
Yep- but it’s my understanding that Mookie hasn’t called off his second “ceasefire”. ppfffttt...
This is a mess- Maliki better have a plan B.
It's bad. I can't speak for Basra, but I have not seen chaos in Baghdad like this since 2004.