A couple of things....first al-Sadr himself didn’t run for any office, members of his party won the most seats and get to form a coalition government. Al-Sadr is a force to be reckoned with but he won’t be the next Iraqi president.
Second, al-Sadr is not friendly with either the mullahs in Iran or their Shiite proxies in Iraq. He’s a nationalist wild card. This might actually be a good thing for those concerned about Iran’s expanding influence.
Of course al-Sadr is no Western puppet either, something that will make the western interventionists unhappy. Sounds like the people of Iraq want to chart their own course.
If that is all true, I have no issue with it.
I have no trust with Iranian Quds commander General Soleimani. (It’s not been a good week for him this week.)