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To: GST who wrote (144245)	8/27/2004 1:10:24 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) of 281500

"The idea that he "lost" shows how little is understood about what winning means in Iraq.", I would prefer to say that his bomb was diffused...for the moment. We and the Iraq government now have some breathing room that we did not have and that we desperately needed. So, its not like nothing was accomplished. The Mahdi army declared its continuance, and Sadr is at liberty. Sadr's mission has not ended any more than Saddam's did with the establishment of sanctions. Can we agree that it was 'put on hold'? No one is likely to just walk away today and go back to their day job on monday. The participants, especially Sadr, will be under a close watch and scrutiny. He had to defer to the senior Sistani on this occasion or his fundamental mission would not be supportable by the Shii at large. He didn't quite win, however. A win would have been the rallying of the Shii population in an effort to unseat the sitting government and move for a Khomeni style take over. I am sure this is still on a 'to do' list.

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