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Comments on: Waiting For Victory https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-35507 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:45:31 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/#comment-35507 His his handing out Iraqi army uniforms to the Badr Brigade when the Basra adventure went bad, definitely cost him any Sunni support, and probably annoyed the Peshmerga who felt they should be the only militia in the Iraqi Army.

By sending the final decision to the ayatollahs, Sadr has blocked any real Shi’ia backlash, especially among his own whackos. Real counter-insurgency people in the US operation should be drinking heavily at this point realizing their bosses are probably thinking coup.

Every time you think it can’t get worse, it does.

Al Malaki really should schedule that health check-up in Switzerland.

]]> By: Badtux https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-35503 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:00:11 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/#comment-35503 The sheer effrontery of Malaki demanding that militias disband, while in turn inducting his own militia (the Iranian-trained Badr Brigade) into the Iraqi Army, is stunning. What he’s saying is, “all militias must disband except my own.” No self-respecting militia leader would give the time of day to that statement. I think it’s official — Malaki has jumped the shark just like his puppet-master.

]]> By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-35497 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:07:34 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/#comment-35497 He isn’t in 100% control right now, but it doesn’t matter. The ayatollahs won’t go along with al Malaki because he is considered a US puppet.

]]> By: Michael https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/comment-page-1/#comment-35496 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:42:52 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/07/waiting-for-victory/#comment-35496 If he is told to disband the Mehdi Army and does so, he will not lose the loyalty of the members of that militia.

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