They are driving around in OUR HUMVEES. The Iraqi police gave them to Mahdi Army members.

Time to GET OUT!

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/03/iraqi_shiites_copying_from_the.php

March 29, 2008
Iraqi Shiites Copying From Their Hezbollah Cousins in
Lebanon?
By Andrew Cochran

In reviewing the action this week between Iraqi forces
and Shiite militia, it’s instructive to compare press
accounts of this conflict to reports from the 2006
Hezbollah-Israel conflict in Lebanon, as posted or
discussed on this website {Counterterrorism Blog].

Some examples:

“Hizballah has proven to be a far more effective
fighting machine than Israel anticipated, and the
Israelis find themselves in a difficult situation:
Continued military operations in Lebanon risk
escalation and further destabilization, while a quick
withdrawal would hand Hizballah a significant
victory.” Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (“DGR”), July 18,
2006. “Nasrallah admitted that it took five months of
preparation to plan this operation.” Olivier Guitta,
July 19. 2006. “A senior Iraqi military adviser has
said the crackdown is taking longer than expected,
partly because militia fighters have superior
weapons.” Washington Post, posted March 28. 2008.
“It’s likely that Israel will begin a major ground
engagement within the next two weeks designed to
obliterate Hizballah’s infrastructure and neutralize
as much of its military wing as possible.” DGR, July
18, 2006. “A source in the police command in Basra
said he expected British and U.S. ground units to join
the fight in coming days. Shiite fighters gave similar
predictions.” Washington Post, March 28. 2008.
There are still unknowns in the current situation. We
don’t yet know if Shiite militia possess the range of
armaments, the training and discipline displayed by
Hezbollah units in 2006, or the same degree of
integration with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that
Olivier Guitta and Bill Roggio reported here (see
Olivier’s July 19, 2006 post and Bill’s July 21, 2006
posts, during the period when our efforts were
combined on this website). But it shouldn’t surprise
us if we find that the Shiite militias have prepared
for the same type of warfare engaged in by their
Hezbollah cousins in 2006, using Iranian arms, IRGC
advisers and trainers, and similar tactics.

The obvious difference between Lebanon 2006 and Iraq
2008 is the direct action in Iraq by the U.S.
military, who are now far more efficient in
counterinsurgency and urban warfare than the Israelis
were entering the 2006 conflict. Did the Shiite
militia desire such a reaction? Is that why they
shelled the Green Zone so early in the conflict with
the Iraqi army, to draw the Americans in and inject
more uncertainty over Iraq into the 2008 election
cycle? Perhaps, perhaps not – perhaps it was a
strategic miscalculation which will lead to the
eventual defeat of the Shiite militias. But the Shiite
militia leaders have already achieved one strategic
goal: they showed Pentagon planners and American
voters that the Iraqi army is nowhere ready to secure
Iraq, much as Hezbollah exposed the weaknesses in
Israeli armed forces. We can also expect that unless
the American military completely wipes out the Shiite
militia (an unlikely outcome given the tactics of the
militia), the Shiites will take another page from
Hezbollah leaders and claim victory, thus raising the
morale of their followers and their reputation on “the Arab street.” And that would mean another strategic victory for their Iranian backers.

He wants US OUT!

Mar 29, 2008
Muqtada Al-Sadr interviewThe most important thing Al-Sadr said is:

What ever happened, Mahdi Army will still exist so long the occupation exists, no matter what will happen to me.

I check the goings on at the following blog before I listen to anything coming from the US MSM

http://www.roadstoiraq.com/

Hmmm….Wine..?

Iraqi security forces get mortars, some are passed to militias, then some in militias turn them in, then start next cycle.

They’re corrupt, greedy and stupid, and owned by the same men, men like Auchi, and Carlyle.

They are not bright men, period , Obama, Bush, Carlyle and Auchi.

Cheney, too.

And the sad thing is, Obama looks dumber than Bush.

Imagine having that crew of loser democrats behind you, like Kennedy, and Kerry, and Dean.

Shudder….

They will Spin it as The Reason Why Senator McCain
is right ..and why We Can’t withdraw troops anytime soon..100 years or so..Its an Election year Folks..

Things get to Peaceful..then Hillary and the Dems can justify pullouts..

Amazing How well Zeroed in the Green Zone just Gor..

How Many Times did McCain say IRAN..??? What a Dink and Dork Duo He and Lieberman were..Sorry John..but
Your Saliva is showing..Who is going to Be on Your Gravy Train..while you keep the war going..??

NeoConNutSHIT~ N ~Gravy ….Bush Baby BBQ ~Sauce..
On PORK..Spicy “Right” Wings..Salad w/Sweet Oil..

Oh God..Don’t You just Love those PERKS…and a NICE Pension ..free Health Care..and a RoloDex full of Friends for Life…(Until they get Indicted)…

How can anyone get pardoned unless there is a George Hugging`McCain..(how Sweet was that..) in the White House..

PS..I wonder ..If the OBALMINATOR gets elected…will the INSIDE Joke be that is the
“WRIGHT HOUSE”…??

Just Wondering..??

Obama Says on Foreign Policy He’s Like Reagan and Bush 41 – From

Right.

By arm twisting, bombing Pakistan, and threatening those who don’t do as he wants.

Ask Bush how that worked out.

Whoops! There goes Exxon’s lines into Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

And boy is Putin MAD…

Shitheads.

Obama camp says: “Russia? WTH does Russia have to do with Iraq? WTH does Russia have to do with OIL?”

Stupid men should not pretend they can fight a war, it’s worked out so well for them, hasn’t it?

mmm. Why do I keep hearing ACK,ACK,ACK? from this gutless wonder? Obama’s Foreign Policy is akin to something out of “MARS ATTACKS” !

How can he suck up to George the first? If he knew even a sliver of the Foreign Policy of George Bush I, he would need to change his diapers. Iran/Contra?
WTF?
We have the lives of human beings on the line and whole lot more.
Thanks Larry for keeping it real.

And it is inevitable that the US will have to leave, the Mongols are not in Eastern Europe, Rome does not control Ireland, The Ottomans are now simply turks. The uprisings eventually cause the occupying force to leave. So, why not let it move along now

Well, we’re fighting a war, at home, too, and really world wide, right?

Asymmetric?

What’s the difference between Obama, and Bush, when they both take money from Carlyle, and Auchi?

None.

This is why certain people have been screaming, the war will not end until they get people in smart enough to handle it, and that includes the military.

It’s interconnected, a million different factors affect Iraq, and Bush, and Cheney are the least capable of understanding, and handling it.

Oh, wait, the second least competent, the most incompetent would have to go the would be future president Obama, and crew. (cough cough)

War profiteering is not a buzz word, and Carlyle, and Auchi cannot run an army.

Period.

OTOH, who pulls the strings for Carlyle, and Auchi?

And it’s probably not who we think, my theory being asymmetric war works both ways.

Larry summarized in his excellent pig post of two weeks ago the essential US loss, achieved in less than 7 years of Bush( military, economic political US losses), but I sometimes wonder if a greater strategy is at work.

So, if I were the Chinese, say, I would start looking to see how I was being played, making sure all that flush American cash, et al wasn’t a trojan horse, of sorts, situations are hardly typical.

Perhaps they can graph, or power point it…