Conquest Baghdad?

I don't have much confidence in the Maliki government to crack down on the Sadrists, but we'll see. I think it's more a move to prevent US intervention in that regard, than anything else.

Comments

[Devil's Advocate]

HA!HA! The US is supporting a Shia government that is a sattelite of Iran! Another Mission Acomplished from the Enlightened Supreme Leader!

[longtom]

the sending of three divisions of us troops to Baghdad is really the sending of an army to invade Iran. the Bushies are determined to tangle us into a wide war in the mideast with no allies. (Brits will supply a hundred troops) and we will be up the Persian Gulf without the proverbial paddle.

[Phoenix]

Did you two even read the link?

It really is a sickness - this hoping we will fail. Now they're hoping the Iraqis will fail when they try to make a move on their own.

What on earth would make you two happy, anyway?

[Purple Avenger]

"an army to invade Iran. the Bushies are determined to tangle us into a wide war in the mideast with no allies."

Right. The Saudis, Jordan, and Kuwait are real fans of Iran...NOT

[Buzzy]

Honestly I think that al-Maliki understands that only by shutting down all of the sectarian militias can Iraq continue to be a nation. Whether he can do it remains to be seen.

[Sgt.York]

These preconditions need to be in place before you can suppress the insurgency:

[1] There must be a government that is viewed by the Sunni minority as legitimate. The current Shia-dominated farce of Iranian alligned Islamist fundamentalists isn't it.

[2] There needs to be Iraqi police (not soldiers) on every street-corner controlling the rampant crime and violence. The current Badr-brigade dominated thugs dressed in police uniforms randomly killing Sunnis isn't it and Mahdi Militia members serving as "community protection" in Sadr-city and the south isn't it either.

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