Comments on: Intermission in Iraq’s civil war theatre http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/07/29/intermission-in-iraqs-civil-war-theatre/ We Needle. You Decide. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:37:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anna missed http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/07/29/intermission-in-iraqs-civil-war-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-779 anna missed Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:22:53 +0000 http://www.needlenose.com/wp/?p=155#comment-779 <a HREF="http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/07/31/sadr_to_back_maliki_if_us_pact_denied/2b11/" rel="nofollow">reality check</A> on the above comment. reality check on the above comment.

]]> By: anna missed http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/07/29/intermission-in-iraqs-civil-war-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-769 anna missed Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:24:09 +0000 http://www.needlenose.com/wp/?p=155#comment-769 I don't think the Sadrists were ever anti-(Iraqi) government, being members of that government themselves. So long as Makiki tows the anti-occupation/deadline for withdrawal they will be complicit to it. Not to mention allowing the government to assume (and match) its previous social tasking. The mistake is in thinking the Sadrists were only interested in taking over the government themselves, instead of getting their way within it. And Maliki's current position with regards to infinite occupation is a reflection of that emphasis, in spite of apparent push back. I don’t think the Sadrists were ever anti-(Iraqi) government, being members of that government themselves. So long as Makiki tows the anti-occupation/deadline for withdrawal they will be complicit to it. Not to mention allowing the government to assume (and match) its previous social tasking. The mistake is in thinking the Sadrists were only interested in taking over the government themselves, instead of getting their way within it. And Maliki’s current position with regards to infinite occupation is a reflection of that emphasis, in spite of apparent push back.

]]> By: Eric Martin http://needlenose.com/wp/2008/07/29/intermission-in-iraqs-civil-war-theatre/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Eric Martin Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:57:24 +0000 http://www.needlenose.com/wp/?p=155#comment-762 <i>Such extortion is the plausible flip side of the Mahdi Army’s much-hyped delivery of services in the neighborhoods they controlled, and it gives a clue to why the Sadrists were unable (or perhaps more accurately, unwilling) to provide those services when they were in charge of several government ministries</i> Well, in Amarah they did quite well. On the national level, not so much. As you point out. Such extortion is the plausible flip side of the Mahdi Army’s much-hyped delivery of services in the neighborhoods they controlled, and it gives a clue to why the Sadrists were unable (or perhaps more accurately, unwilling) to provide those services when they were in charge of several government ministries

Well, in Amarah they did quite well. On the national level, not so much. As you point out.

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