Funny you should mention, though. While I was brushing my fangs this morning, the radio news was talking about a hopeful sign: an Iraqi leader encouraging his people to vote in the constitutional election, calling it "the jihad of words" as opposed to "the jihad of swords." Or something like that. It was considered a hopeful crack in the recalcitrance of some Iraqis to participate in the process. Yup, it was al Sadr.

An American general suggests we might have to whack Al-Sadr (a good idea when it was suggested), but that idiot Robertson suggests whacking Chavez (not a bad idea really) - one gets a free pass, the other is excoriated.

WTF?!? Can someone please explain the media to me.

S. Weasel--

And Dennis Rader was heard today to speak out in favor of women's throats, saying that he was all for them and that they were fascinating things.

Why?

Because Dubya is a flaming wimp, that's why.
Because he's got less actual resolve in his entire body than most true leaders have and had in their little fingers.
Because he's more concerned with chasing his legacy, his book deals and his speaking tours after his time at the wheel is up.
Because he seems to think that losing is OK, as long as you make sure you can claim that you were the nice guy.
Because he's like any other flim-flam politico that ever rose to the surface of the political swamp: Apperance is everything, anything else is secondary.

That's why.

Now you know.

Obviously, I won't discount the deaths of those affected by this snot's recent shananigans, but in terms of strategy, al-Sadr is once again showing impeccably stupid timing.

Right before the Iraqis are ready to sign a constitution, he splits the majority party. This is Kos stupid. First of all, he's going to get his fat face beat in, secondly, he is going to rally the moderates behind his opposition. If there was ever a case for the "Federal" Iraq and opposition to Islamic Conservatives, this schmuck is the poster boy.

He has absolutely no chance of succeeding, and I thought he was far more dangerous as an elected official in the government versus dropping his gloves and choosing the duke it out.

The best part about it will be watching the Iraqis deal with him.

To me a fate worse than death would be to have that guy's ugly stinking foul breath mug coming at me. I find him so repulsive I can't even describe it. It must be hell to be a female in those countries.

The ugly truth is that no moslem Iraqi is a friend of this country nor of the American people. Al-Sadir is just one of many many many evil religious bigots. The liberals, libertarians and some conservatives have the notion that there are "good" moslem Iraqis known as MODERATE moslems. Wrong ,wrong, wrong. I am amazed at the faith so many have in the innate goodness of mankind. The Iraqis will at best be a geopolitical ally against other middle east countries. They will never be trustworthy where our safety or survival is concerned. The iraqis would snuff us all out in a heart beat if they had the means.

Maybe we can get Pat Robertson to call for Mookie Tater's assassination. I was asking for more snipers over a year ago when this crackpot first caused trouble. Why he's still breathing is beyond me, but it's probably too late to snuff him out -- no matter how much he deserves it.

They will never be trustworthy where our safety or survival is concerned.

Who cares?

Any country that stakes its survival on the performance of others is stupid and deserves extinction anyway if the feces really ever does hit the fan.

They will however be quite faithful to their own wallets.

Why would anyone "snuff out" the largest oil customer on the planet?

Tony--I agree with all you have said. My point was that Al-sadr is not the real problem in dealing with the Iraqis and that we will always have to have our guard up whether Al-sadr is alive or dead..

Al-Sadr - A prime candidate for a retroactive abortion.

Maybe the reason he ain't dead is cuz we ain't found him yet.

Don't be silly. If we capped his ass his followers would go apeshit. You'd have an insurrection on your hands that would make the current one look like that rave bust in Utah.

The guy is garbage, no doubt, but he can be counted upn to serve himself first and foremost. Being Iran's pawn will only take him so far, and the supposed empathy Iraq's Shia have for Iran is overstated from what I can see.

Split him off, use him, tempt him but don't kill him.

Unless you can make it look like someone else did it.

Note that Mookie is now calling for peace between his guys and the Sistani faction. Judging by past behavior, this translates to "We're getting our asses kicked and/or I'm afraid someone's about to have me whacked."

Mutater al Satyr --the Arlen Specter of Iraq