[Allegra]

Nuri al-Maliki said a plan was in place for Iraqi forces to crush illegal armed groups "regardless of sect or politics" -- suggesting he may be ready to tackle militias loyal to his fellow Shi'ites...

You keep SAYING it, Maliki....when are you going to DO it?

[silverleaf]

He may be able to DO it when we provide a short term troop surge to support Iraqi govt operations, as a blocking force to prevent Iranian meddling and Iranian reinforcement and the escape of militant Shia fighters into safe harbor in Iran.

Also as a buffer and retsraining force to prevent overly brutal and counterproductive clean up operations by minimally civilized and still poorly trained Iraqi national military forces. Although reverting to traditional arab cultural ways of cleaning up an enemy- these type of operations by the Iraqi national army would be very damaging to all our preceding years of laying the groundwork for national unity.

Of course, Generals Pelosi and Reid have already vetoed our support of this phase of Iraqi operations by fresh US troops.

[Blue State Insurgent]

Oh, it's on. Watch the IA make the Iraqis proud.