Taken To Sunni-Shiite School

Bob Parks: Outside The Wire ^ | 3/31/08 | Bob Parks

[bocopar]

I received the following comment on the Townhall.com site to my latest column, "al Qaeda Democrats"...

You show why Iraq will sink McCain Newsflash, none of the events of the last few days has anything to do with al-Queda. The parties involved are all Shiite. Recents events have exposed the canard that the Iraq mission is about the WOT, it is a civil war, and we are now taking sides with the faction most strongly connected to the Iranians.

Note to people issuing criticism: Should you wish to nitpick my commentary, please make sure I can't do so in return. As I am expected to know the difference between a Sunni and Shiite, I would expect the person issuing criticism to know how to spell "al Qaeda".

[kenavi]

More of that bullcrap criticism, Sunnis and Shiites would never take sides together. Tell that to Israel, where Hizbollah (Shiite) is the primary supplier to Hamas (Sunni).

[Justa]

"we are now taking sides with the faction most strongly connected to the Iranians."

So he thinks we're taking sides with Al Sadr? Does the author even know where Iraq is on a map? And if he wants to criticize me he can do so with his FR account.

Why is it every doofus "journalist" with a keyboard talks about US politics and Iraq yet has never served in Iraq, does not respect America and is not concerned with the well being of either nation?

Hint: Enemies within.

[bocopar]

My point exactly.

[pgyanke]

That about nonsequiturs... so we're involved in a civil war and taking sides in this civil war on behalf of an external enemy?

[M. Dodge Thomas]

>> "we are now taking sides with the faction most >> strongly connected to the Iranians."

So he thinks we're taking sides with Al Sadr?

No, he's pointing out that we are backing a government aligned with two major factions with the closest ties to Iran, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), and the the Da’wa party - what we have accomplished is the creation of the Islamic republic of Iraq.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani greets Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Baghdad earlier this month.

[CPT Clay]

Too funny!

[Justa]

If the Iraqis did support Iran’s activities in Iraq they wouldn’t be going after Sadr -or the other Iranians in Basrah. They also have “close ties” with Syria, Jordan and Turkey. So it don’t mean jack.