[Marine_Uncle]

As more Sadrist and loose affiliated by neighborhood, Iraqi across the sectarian divide see their future being better off with the Iraqi central and provincial governments willingness to bring them out of their squalid conditions brought on by decades of shear neglect, we shall see growing numbers leaving the militia. Some will boldly appose it most likely.
A lamb chop on every spit and a bucket of tomatoes and cucumbers and a social security check surely are better then one getting blown up by some assholes roaming the streets planting bombs.
Besides, their big shot leader has gone into hiding for whatever reason(s).
How can they be so sure they will not end up worse off if they do not start to get on the winning side.
A few turns of water main valves and the downward thrust of main circuit cutoff switches can make them far worse off then they would care to be.
Sadr City can be fully cordoned off. No one enters or leaves.
And surely this is on the minds of more of them as they see their militia getting it's teeth kicked out.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

And the first MSM outlet dares to report a bit of positive news....

This news is not from a MSM outlet however:

Al Qaeda Discusses Losing Iraq