Sadr

Michael Yon e-mail on OPFOR:

Petraeus is just the man who can do it. He's brilliant and is ready to slam those militias. We need to kill Sadr. We will lose a lot of people taking on the militias, but we should either take them on or pack up and go home. I vote for killing them.

Remember when we had Sadr the first time? We knew his negotiating was just a tactic escape alive, and resume his bad acting. I was puzzled why we didn't take him out then. Were we afraid of creating a martyr? Or were domestic political considerations any part of it?