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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (201473)4/5/2007 3:08:01 AM
From: Nadine Carroll   of 793677
 
The other part of this that simply makes no sense to me is this - if Maliki and the Shia are the real problems and determined to exercise control over Iraq a la Saddam Hussein, why do they not do the following: Simply order the Shia militias to stand down and do nothing, but particularly not attack Coalition Forces. If the Shia militia violence is the real problem and their control so pervasive then Maliki and the Shia could set the conditions for the US forces to be gone by the end of 2007. If there were four or five months of no real activity the clamor at home to bring US forces would be deafening and there would be no refutation of it.


They might, if they were acting for themselves only. But they also obey Iran's orders, and Iran wants the US to stay tied down. A US army withdrawn is a US army freed up.
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