Moqtada Sadr: Why not just kill him?

[CVX]

Is US Seeking to Sanitize Iraq’s Political Landscape?
Sarah Whalen, Arab News

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana — Nobody knows how the Najaf drama will be played out. But some sections of the US media and some “terrorism” experts in the US have already decided what fate Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr should meet with.

“Why not just kill him?” Fox News asks.

Why not, indeed?

Killing Sadr? Easy enough for the greatest military power on earth, even with the slight hindrance of having to use the interim Iraqi government as a human shield if forces must enter the sacred shrine in Najaf.


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[homer]

Originally Posted by CVX

Killing Sadr? Easy enough for the greatest military power on earth, even with the slight hindrance of having to use the interim Iraqi government as a human shield if forces must enter the sacred shrine in Najaf.

You think it would be worth using your new friends as human shields to kill one man? Similar to the US Government using the victims of 9/11 as collateral to justify the war in Iraq really. Ironic really. If the latter hadn't occurred, Al Sadr wouldn't even be an issue.

[plazul]

Al Sadr's influence is a flash in the pan. He will be replaced by a more moderate leader installed by Shiite forces in Iran.

Letting him live was the right decision. I think he's already losing the respect of his followers for acting tough and then backing down. Clearly, he has no desire to be a martyr.