Webloggin » Al-Sadr Returns To Iraq

America hating terrorist Muqtada Al-Sadr made his first public appearance in months where he wasted no time picking up where he left off:

“No, no for Satan. No, no for America. No, no for the occupation. No, no for Israel”

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As part of his effort to recast himself as a nationalist — instead of a radical with a narrow Shiite agenda — the 33-year-old leader called on Sunnis to join with him in the fight against the U.S. troop presence here. He also criticized the government’s inability to provide reliable services to the people.

Al-Sadr and his renewed efforts to team up with Iran in the vacuum of our departure is just one of many reasons that we can not simply cut and run from Iraq; under any circumstances. This would be a terrible mistake. It is imperative that we win, and win big.

The AP tracks some of al-Sadr’s complicity in killing U.S. forces and details his strategy to hold out for a win based on the assumption that Democrats will eventually hand him a victory:

His Mahdi Army fought U.S. troops to a virtual standstill in 2004, but to avoid renewed confrontation he ordered his militants off the streets when the U.S. began its security crackdown in the Baghdad area.

His associates say his strategy is based partly on a belief that Washington soon will start reducing troop strength, leaving behind a hole in Iraq’s security and political power structure that he can fill.

Okay, seriously, all in favor of putting Al-Sadr in power, say “I” - show of hands, please. Any rational thinking person would not be in favor of this. The man is a radical, plain and simple. He is an anti-Semite and he is anti-American. Do Americans truly want another government over in the Middle East that hates the West? I would hope that commonsense kicks in; the answer should be a resounding no.

Al-Sadr also believes that Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government may soon collapse under its failure to improve security, services and the economy, al-Sadr’s aides say. A political reshuffle would give the Sadrist movement, with its 30 seats in the 275-member parliament, an opportunity to become a major player.

In a move that could hasten the collapse, al-Sadr pulled his supporters out of al-Maliki’s government last month over the prime minister’s refusal to call for a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.

I have had my reservations about Nouri al-Maliki but I tend to lean towards any person that isn’t in good graces with Al-Sadr.

The Democrats in Congress are constantly fighting against a war that they once voted in favor for and now they are really showing their traitorous sides with the flip flop on that vote, thus giving Al-Sadr more power.

I think that this is the stuff that Americans should think long and hard about before casting their votes. You won’t see this in the AP or see it on CNN, but that is really what it boils down to.

In essence, the United States Democratic leadership along with a few Republicans have sided with the enemy. If we were to pull out and Al-Sadr, friend to Iran, takes over, what will we have? Ask yourselves that.