Apr 08 2008
Is Liberal Media Playing Sadr’s Dupes Again?
OK, who wants to believe at face value a Sadr spokesman’s claim that the Shiite clerics, including Grand Ayatollah Sistani (who is on the record opposing militias), have told Sadr to keep his militias and continue the bloodshed of the Shiites in Iraq? Well, CNN did:
raq’s top Shiite religious leaders have told anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr not to disband his Mehdi Army, an al-Sadr spokesman said Monday amid fresh fighting in the militia’s Baghdad strongholds.
Did anyone get confirmation of this from the cleric council themselves? Is this another case of the SurrenderMedia seeing what the want and not checking the facts? If you look at the last paragraph of the CNN story you can get a hint of what might happen – because it is dead wrong:
Al-Sadr has called for a mass demonstration in Baghdad on Wednesday against the U.S. presence in Iraq. That protest that would coincide with the fifth anniversary of the toppling of former dictator Saddam Hussein’s government, which fell as a U.S.-led army entered the Iraqi capital.
Somehow CNN missed the news Sadr called off the protest march. We will know soon enough if CNN was duped again or not. If the Sadr spokesperson (possibly in Iran) is right the Iraqi Shiite leaders will remain silent. And if he is trying a propaganda stunt they will make a statement contradicting the news media (what an oxymoron that phrase has become).
Peter Arnett still working over there?
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75,
Who knows. But if the clerics blink then this will be bad news for Iraq. And I think they know that. We shall see. This is big time high stakes gambling. My guess is Maliki is preparing another announcement to counter Sadr’s claim. But if not….
The Shiites, Sadr, and/or the Iranians aren’t going anywhere and it doesn’t matter. Sooner or later all roaches will have to be fumigated from the nest. The only people who can cost us this war right now are the dumbasses and enemies right here at home drinking Bushmill’s with Teddy.
don’t worry, Maliki is a good friend of Iran, and Iran will keep everything under control, like they did in Basra.
Thank you, mr Bush…
How can there be a news room full of such one minded, closed minded fools? Is there really not ONE person in there second guessing this stuff?
no one second- guessed the administration in the run-up to the iraq occupation…why would they start now?
norm and sashal:
You guys are pathetic. If Obama wins he has made it plain he will kiss the mullahs’ rear ends. So what is Maliki supposed to do? Considering the fact that you would happily stick him out there on that limb and saw it off.
In truth Sistani has never been a fan of alSadr and has asked only that the US not make a martyr of the madman.
and you know norm if the United States had not been run by a bunch of incompetent Democrats for years we might have had better intel before the invasion.
Who was it who said that the number one threat to the US was Saddam? Well the Democrats of course. Zinni back in February 2000, long before the election of Bush to office was saying that this guy had to go.
crybaby screwups.
terrye…i forgot it was the democrats fault. wasn’t it reagan and bush who helped saddam with wmd? wasn’t it rummy who sat in saddams office but didn’t bother to mention him gassing his own people? it was bush who chose to invade and occupy iraq. it is you who supports him without question. you are the crybaby screw-up trying to blame others.
Norm, Saddam was a tyrant then…big difference. Or so you say.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3527410%2C00.html
Israel Rabbis say one Jewish life is worth a thousand Palestinians, Israel’s Lobby controls Congress and we are supposed to get angry at
mullahs?
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2C7340%2CL-3527410%2C00.html
Israel’s rabbis consider one Jewish life worth a thousand Palestinians
and we are supposed to only regard mullahs as extreme, even though Israel’s Lobby controls Congress?
75…the only difference is that the republicans supported him…then they didn’t. you simply do and think what you are told.
Now that you’ve brought up the subject of doing what you are told, how’ d that Carter/Ayatollah alliance work out for you fellers? If republicans backed the tryant, I guess that would mean the Democrats backed the radical Islamists, right? Good move!
75…ummm….it’s bushes foreign policy that has given iran another ally in the region. bush is supporting iran. you, by supporting bush without question are aiding and abetting the enemy. good move!
We eagerly await your evidence of Bush supporting Iran.
This should be as fun as it is futile.
75…bush gave iran another ally in the region. what would you call that?
I think you better get that hamster going on it’s wheel in your mind and explain this one because frankly, for some odd reason, I’m going to need some actual evidence rather than your thoughts, entertaining though they may be. Just what “ally” has Bush “given” Iran? Other than yourself, of course.
75…you seem to have a hard time grasping complex issues. i’ll go slow and try not to use big words. who do you think is supporting maliki? who do you think is supporting sadr? iran now has great influence, and has become an ally of, iraq. this is because bush’s policies allowed it to happen. it’s called…and i’m sorry i have to use big words here…un-intended consequences. it happens when civilian leadership fails to plan. they un-intentionally support the enemy. in this case give iran another ally in the region. that is not good. it is bad. it means iran is winning. no matter what happens to sadr. or maliki.
Whoa, tough guy…easy on the hamster! I said to get him going, not run his heart out of his chest.
I have no doubts “unintended consequences” is a complex issue for you. Six year olds know this one before they reach Kindergarten.