The “surge is working” surge may not be “working” for much longer, now that al-Sadr is threatening to lift, in the next 24 hours, the 7-month long Mehdi Army cease-fire which made the surge appear to be working in the first place.
Sure hope Stephanopoulos asks McCain why he doesn’t wear a flag pin on tomorrow’s This Week.
The latest ominous news, breaking over the past few hours out of Iraq, as culled from Cernig’s round-up at Newshogger follows [emphasis Cernig’s]…
[Muqtada al-Sadr] says he is giving his final warning to the Iraqi government to stop working with the U.S. military against him or he will “declare an open war until liberation.”
The threat to lift a more than 7-month-old cease-fire comes amid fighting between al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia and U.S.-Iraqi troops in Baghdad’s Sadr City and the southern city of Basra.
I direct my last warning and speech to the Iraqi government to refrain and to take the path of peace and abandon violence against its people,” al-Sadr said in the statement. “If the government does not refrain and leash the militias that have penetrated it, we will announce an open war until liberation.”
A rebellion by Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia — which has tens of thousands of fighters — could also reverse overall security gains at a time when U.S. forces are starting to leave Iraq.
…In Sadr’s Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City, one Mehdi Army commander said he was “thrilled” about the statement.
“We will wait until tomorrow to see the response of the government. Otherwise they will see black days like they have never seen before in their life.”
Cernig concludes, “So, a 24 hour ultimatum,” and adds via email: “I’ve already seen one military analyst on another private grouplist say that if this breaks wrong we could be talking helicopters from rooftops before too long.”
This man is what I call an honest enemy. An Iraqi patriot aligned with the Iranian sects on religious lines, but he is not a Judas.
The puppets of ignorance who work for preznit blush fell for the enemy Chalabi (“curveball”) who was posing as a friend. Yep foe curveball had lies, deception, and America’s demise in mind.
I would trust al-Sadr more than Chalabi, because with him you know what you got. Deals can be made up to a point. However, with Cheney’s deceiver all you know is that you do not turn your back on him.
The same mistake was made in Vietnam, in that, the administration never did figure out that the situation “on the ground” was a civil war, not a commie take over attempt.
McCain still does not have a fucking clue about the realities “on the ground” or “in the air”.
Yet he is the great white hope of Amurkans. Glad I am proud to be an American, but ashamed of the Amurkans.
Wave the American flag, waive the Amurkan lapel flag.
A real enemy ? Please ! We went there to steal thier land an resources , we rape and pillage and torture and you do not expect them to fight for thier freedom thier homeland ?
I think of him as a freedom fighter and I wave him on !
Why is the Iraqi oil being piped to Israel ?
Why are we sending billions in “aid” dollars to Israel ?
NO MORE WARS FOR ISRAEL !
NO MORE WARS FOR NEO-CONS !
If you even protest here in this police state we now live in you are sprayed ,jailed etc.
I hope this man kicks thier butts and makes it so hard for them that they get the fuck out of his country .
Who passed out billions in cash that disappeared, hundreds of thousands in arms to opposing factions like candy to suckers, and has the audacity to complain when some neighboring countries won’t do our bidding? The bald faced truth is, aggression based on lies and spreading milirtarism as democracy is global terrorism!
The lady who is running against pelosi had this on her web site:
http://www.shirley08.com/I.pdf
That’s the only kind of democray we should be spreading!
Trust Muqtada al-Sadr? Freedom Fighter? Who are the suckers? Wise up! This man helped make the “surge” look real. Now he is helping make the “threat” look real. It is all the same… Hollywood, with real blood. Funny thing about the timing… can anyone spell Pennslyvania?