Based on the articles appearing in the news recently, it appears al-Sadr is positioning himself as a populist or nationalist. Also, Abdul Aziz al-Hakim may be a player in putting Iraq back together again. I don't know much about Hakim.
Colon Powell warned President Bush, VP Cheney, and other Neo-conservative against invading Iraq telling them, "If you break it, you own it", but his advise was discounted, and the invasion went forward. The invasion did in fact break Iraq, and the U.S. has been stuck there ever since. Until we find some leader that can unit Iraq, and who has the authority to represent all the people of Iraq, our occupation of Iraq is doomed to go on forever. Perhaps having a permanent military present in the ME is all part of the Neo-conservative grand scheme of things, and the violence in Iraq, couple with the fear being spread by the Administration about Al Qeada coming after the U.S. if we fail in Iraq, is just the propaganda being used to justify a permanent military presents in the ME. Who knows? Anyway, the Neo-conservatives seem to have fallen out of favor in Washington, since the hype over WMD, etc proved to be incorrect/false for whatever reason, so the Neo-conservative have lost a lot of clout. However, if the plan is to use the fear of Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, caios, death, and destruction in Iraq, and the War on Terror as a tool to justify a permanent U.S. presence in the ME, then the Administration has everything going as planned. Iraq is broken and it cannot be put back together again militarily. The best solution to fix Iraq is to find a strong leader that can unit Iraq into a single country once again. The Democrats efforts to establish a time table for withdrawal of US troops has aided in helping the Iraqi people own their problem, and pushing the Iraqi people to find a solution where the country can once again function in peace, sharing, and tolerance, because in the final analysis, only the Iraqi people, through a leader that will unit the their country, can put Iraq back together again. See the excerpt below: #-------------------------------- Sadr's movement is wooing Sunni leaders and purging extremists in his Mahdi Army militia in an attempt to strengthen his image as a nationalist who can lead all Iraqis at a time when antiwar sentiments are growing in the United Statesand Iraq's political landscape is increasingly fractured. Sadr's apparent reemergence comes days after his main Shiite rival, cleric Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, went to Iran for treatment of lung cancer. Hakim is also trying to strike a nationalist stance, recently changing the name of his party from the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq to the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq. http://americanranger.blogspot.com/2007/05/muqtada-al-sadrs-new-strategy.html or http://tinyurl.com/3ycmn5 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402344.html?referrer=email or http://tinyurl.com/37nyu2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdel-Aziz_al-Hakim #--------------------------------------------------- Regards, LelandJ MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Pete Theisen wrote: > >> On Friday 25 May 2007 9:15 am, Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: >> <snip> >> >> >>> 1) Al-Sadr is opposed to terrorism, especially al Qaeda which he would >>> drive out of the country. >>> 2) Al-Sadr would purge his army and police of extremist. >>> 3) Al-Sadr wants a unified Iraq with justice for all and a fair sharing >>> of the Iraqi wealth. >>> 4) Al-Sadr would enforce tolerance amoung the Sunni, Shiite, and >>> Kurdish people and stop the senseless killing. >>> 5) Al-Sadr would rebuild Iraq into a functioning country and would >>> accept aid from the US in the effort to restore Iraq. >>> >>> >> Hi Leland! >> >> Really? If he is all that forget Iraq, let him run against Hil and Obama for >> the D nomination. >> >> But I seriously doubt that he, or any 'slim, can be trusted with any amount >> of >> power or influence. Power corrupts, and absolute power . . . so the man said. >> >> > > Coming in late (as I usually detest these political things), but, I must > ask--Leland, the citing above--is that what you truly believe? I may > have read that out of context....that seems preposterous! > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
