If the US makes good on attacking the Shia in Southern Iraq, the war will be all but lost.
Up to now the Americans have been killing mainly Sunni in Baghdad and in the north.
Now, we are promised American attacks in Sadr City in Bahgdad, and the "elimination" of Sadrs militia in the south.
Curiously, the US could use the Shia militia to re-estabilsh order in most of Iraq, if they were smart enough to see this.
What difference does it make if US "Quislings" occupy the police stations, or the Sadr "army?" None really. Indeed, it would be best to use the indiginous elites to police their own territory. Legitimate social control is what is needed now, and at any cost!
And, this notion of Wolfie and Rummy that EVERYONE in power in Iraq has to be a trained American stooge, is a recipe for disaster. As, alas, I fear we are about to find out!
KNOW THIS;
ONCE THE AMERICANS START KILLING SHIA, EN MASSE, THIS WAR WILL BE TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY LOST.
AND THE AMERICAN "HOPE" THAT THE "SHIA ESTABLISHMENT" WILL WELCOME THE DEATHS OF THE SHIA "UPSTARTS" IS PROMBLEMATIC AND MISPLACED.
THE PROMISED ATTACKS ON THE SHIA WILL LOSE THIS WAR.
JUST WATCH.........
Postscript:
Most of the problem is the hypocrisy of the American position in the first place. This idea that the US had or has great sympathy for the "plight of the Shia" never was true.
Indeed, it was merely the pretense for invading Iraq, and getting rid of Saddam, who was really doing a fairly good job of controlling the various radical factions in Iraq for years!
America policy never was pro-Shia, which translates into pro-Iran, really. Was it?
Now if destroying Falluhja is somehow different than Saddam's destuction of Shia cities, fine. But it really is no different.
Dubya and the Neocons have no love for the people of Iraq, and it is the ultimate hypocrisy to say they do.
It is this ultimate and final "truth" that is now showing itself all over Iraq now.
The solution? Probably turn Iraq over to the Iraqis. And, let the chips fall where they may.
The alternatives are too horrific: More fighting, and possible War Crimes by Americans, the total destruction of Iraq, the radicalization of all of Islam against Americans, even as Euroland scrambles for a "seperate peace."
