Tell me again why we left Sadr and Sistrani alive?
We left Sistani alive because he is the head of a quietist school of Islam that believes that clerics who participate in politics become corrupt. This man has been stating this his entire life, he has seen what happened in Iran. Now, suddenly AP/AFP comes out with this distortion and you guys are ready to hang one of the really good guys.
The US Constitution was based on Judeo-Christian principles, should someone have hanged George Washington?
Because if we "remove" these two guys we will have completely ruined any chance of a peaceful Iraq.
Remove Sistanai and you will see a real uprising the likes we could not contain.
These two guys represent the extremes of Islamic politics in Iraq. Sadr is the fire breathing holy warrior, Sistrani is the elder Islamic statesman.