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4-1-2008 11:20 PM329 views
masbury says:
Completely misreads recent cease-fire; see BobbyRutan's excellent comments from Juan Cole
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4-2-2008 2:52 AM
BobbyRutan
And just to be clear, contra John Mccain, Sadr got the ceasefire entirely on his terms. Iraqi lawmakers loyal to Maliki had to travel to the Iranian holy city of Qom over the weekend to talk peace with the head of Iran's nasty Quds brigades. Only then did Sadr agree to have his militias stand down. This is not a good turn of events for Maliki:

The Qom discussions may or may not bring an end to the fighting but they almost certainly have undermined Maliki - who made repeated declarations that there would be no negotiations and that he would treat as outlaws those who did not turn in their weapons for cash. The blow to his own credibility was worsened by the fact that...
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4-2-2008 4:01 AM
BobbyRutan
From Juan Cole:

John McCain said he was surprised that Nuri al-Maliki would abruptly launch an operation against Basra. It seems to me that there are only two possibilities here.

Either McCain really did not know and did not anticipate the trouble in Basra, in which case he does not know much about Iraq and isn't better qualified to deal with it than anyone else.

Or, he and Cheney helped put al-Maliki up to the whole thing while he was there, and now is petrified that someone will hang the fiasco around his neck.
4-2-2008 11:24 PM
masbury
Excellent comments from a trustworthy source.
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