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2007-01-19 Iraq

Mahdi Army ~~hiding like little girls~~ expressing siege mentality

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Posted by Seafarious 2007-01-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If I'm reading this right, it means the gunnies will crawl out from under their rocks when the Kurds come to take a look around.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-01-19 00:41|| 2007-01-19 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 This is the result of Maliki trying to play both ends against the middle on us. Last October, President Bush tried to push Maliki to get out of the way on Sadr, but Maliki refused to budge - more concerned with internal politics and he figured that anti-war sentiment in the US gave him cover. Now that the elections are done and the Dems have take control of the House and Senate, Maliki realizes that his ass is hanging out in the breeze, and the only person that has the ability to cover that ass is George W. Bush. So now, suddenly the Mahdi Army is NOT off-limits and they are scattering BEFORE the Kurdish units get to Baghdad.
More good decisions for defeating an enemy are the result of CYA and naked self-interest than anything else. That has been true in almost every major war - let a politico realize that his head is fully on the block, and suddenly all things are possible.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-01-19 01:23|| 2007-01-19 01:23|| Front Page Top

#3 How do you say "Buck-buck-braaawk" in Arabic?

Posted by Mike 2007-01-19 06:29|| 2007-01-19 06:29|| Front Page Top

#4 I think we should bring back flame throwers.

Posted by Thineng Chomoting1583 2007-01-19 07:01|| 2007-01-19 07:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Push on Sadr himself and they'll reappear.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2007-01-19 07:42|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2007-01-19 07:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Besides the Maliki rethinking on the matter another of Tater's problems is that some of the police units that had been infiltrated by his militia were disbanned. Even worse, the Iraqi Army now has some units that have a grudge against him.

I think Tater himself is trying hard not to be a martyr.

Posted by mhw 2007-01-19 08:41|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2007-01-19 08:41|| Front Page Top

#7 "he figured that anti-war sentiment in the US gave him cover"

Im thinking the admin may just be clever enough to USE the antiwar sentiment in a good cop - bad cop kinda way "Look, Maliki, we REALLY want to keep our commitment, to go after the Sunni terrorists who want your head, but you know we've got his AWFUL pressure from this idiot Pelosi and her pals, and if you dont help us out on the following issues, we MAY not be able to hold them off"

Posted by liberalhawk 2007-01-19 09:11|| 2007-01-19 09:11|| Front Page Top

#8 You've got a twisty mind, liberalhawk. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2007-01-19 11:50|| 2007-01-19 11:50|| Front Page Top

#9 I think we should bring back flame throwers.

I think we should bring back crucifixion.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-19 12:43|| 2007-01-19 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Excal's onto something. I mean, if it's good enough for Christians in Sudan now, why can't we use it?

Posted by BA 2007-01-19 13:35|| 2007-01-19 13:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Still pissed off about all the advance warning; this leaves only the lowest level (read stupid) cannon fodder as targets. Should hve been a no knock kind of deal.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2007-01-19 14:31|| 2007-01-19 14:31|| Front Page Top

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