Who else believes that Moqtada al-Sadr has decided that any new Democrat President

[heidler1]

would be way more apt to put a time table on the U.S. leaving Iraq than McCain would? If the surge fails to cause peace through the Genera Election McCain is toast.

[dbonds]

1. I don't think his reasons involve trying to manipulate US politics.

There is a civil war there.

[Cooley Hurd]

I think Maliki knows that we're a shoe-in in November, and that means no more protection...

...from US forces. That's why he's trying to squeeze the Mahdi Army.

You know what's REALLY fucked up about this? It's Maliki's forces who were trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The Mahdi Army is a nationalist Iraqi force that wants nothing to do with Iran. And, we're fighting along side of the Iraqi Police/Army!

:crazy:

[booley]

2. Oddly the world does not revolve around America

While I am sure Sadr is thinking about what each candidate winning would mean for him, chances are he's more concerned with events in iraq right now.

[JDPriestly]

3. Democrat is a noun. Democratic is an adjective.

Please use these words correctly.