As of this writing, it appears that the two-million people of Sadr City remain under siege and under bombardment from the "heroic" US service-men and women who bravely drop bombs on unarmed civilians from high up in the air.
That's an awesomely cute little person, isn't it? Not that only the cute deserve to live, but that toddler is as cute as my new little guy, ... same kinda big eyes and all. Made me think about what sort of existence my family would have if a complete moron, asshole, scumbag, criminal nut-bar like Dick ("other priorities") Cheney really needed to get control of my country's resources.
I'm mentioning Dick ("gutless hypocrite") Cheney, because t'would appear that in yet another one of the colossal blunders that is the story of his revolting existence, he was the guy who gave the green light to Iraqi PM Al Maliki's military assault on political rival Sadr's Medhi Army (and therefore, the necessary US air-power that would give him any hope of success).
Vice President Cheney's surprise March visit to Iraq was unsurprisingly followed by a unilateral assault waged by Prime Minister Maliki against the followers of Muqtada al-Sadr. It was only this past February that al-Sadr extended the order for his Mahdi Army to observe a unilateral ceasefire for an additional six months.
Even if US air-power prevails, and Al Maliki "succeeds," it's all a complete waste of time and blood. Because some argue that Maliki is even more beholden to Iran than Sadr is. Maliki is less popular in the country than Sadr is, and any destruction of Sadr and his loyalists is not going to make people decide to switch their loyalties to Maliki. Which, again, wouldn't help even the cold-blooded greedy goals of the "realists" in charge of US foreign policy, because Maliki is an Iranian supporter himself. Because, once again, at the end of the day, Cheney is just a complete idiot who managed to get himself inserted into the vast apparatus of power that is the US government.
And so a lot of blood is going to be spilled, adding to the river of blood that Cheney is bathing in, and nothing of any value whatsoever will come out of it.
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