The Biggest Mistake of the War
BY Herschel Smith
18 years, 4 months ago
From the AP:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of Shiites chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” marched through the streets of Baghdad’s biggest Shiite district Friday in a show of support for Hezbollah militants battling Israeli troops in Lebanon.
No violence was reported during the rally in the Sadr City neighborhood. But at least 35 people were killed elsewhere in Iraq, many of them in a car bombing and gunbattle in the northern city of Mosul.
The demonstration was the biggest in the Middle East in support of Hezbollah since the Israeli army launched an offensive July 12 after a guerrilla raid on northern Israel. The protest was organized by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose political movement built around the Mahdi Army militia has been modeled after Hezbollah.
The biggest mistake of the war was in not killing the al-Sadr militia and either killing or imprisoning al-Sadr himself. So who is responsible for letting this guy go for three years stirring up trouble?
Why can’t we seem to run this war the right way?
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