This would be neither productive nor wise, as it is not needed. The majority of Shiites welcomed us when we entered Baghdad. The majority still approve of our presence in Iraq. The average Iraqi, regardless of sect, is neither our enemy nor is fighting us.

Specifically, Gatewaypundit reports:

Haider Ajina comments:

Operation enforce the law is so far going better than expected and appears to continue this way. I spoke to my father in Baghdad, he said that the street is very impressed by the operation and receiving much cooperation from the people. They have done in four days what we thought would take them over a month.

Shiites love the Americans and want them stay to help the Iraqi security stand on its feet he said.

The surge is already working even though we’ve only put one additional battalion into Baghdad. Body counts and abductions are down.

As Jules Crittenden put it: “It’s gotta be good news when it gets so quiet in Baghdad they are forced to admit it and make news out of it.”

“There will be no sanctuaries in Iraq. We are going to go to every building and every house and incrementally clear the area. We will target any group that attacks Iraqi and U.S. troops,” he told Reuters…

I see we are still using these ridiculous tactics to fight the enemy. Our political and military leaders have no balls.

What we should be doing is carpet bombing the whole area.

Why put more or our troops in lethal danger by going house to house. This is why we are not putting the fear of Allah into their hearts and minds. We are fighting this war like a police action.

Yes, a story appeared in the ARMY TIMES (not a publication of the US Army nor the DoD but in a paper owned by Gannett Publishing), under an Associated Press By-line, that claims that American soldiers are afraid to tackle Sadr city.

This is PURE BS from the anti-war, Bush-hating MSM. And you should be ashamed of repeating it in your opening line because it simply isn’t true.

The troops are NOT waiting “with dred.” Any more than the Marines were “dreading” taking down Fallujah, the one-time invincible stronghold of Al Qaeda. They have the tactics, the training, and the support fires to do in Sadr City what the Marines did in Falljuah, and which is clean house.

It is a military operation, a task that is doable, and one that will be successful at the expense of the Shiite militias.

Don’t fool yourself otherwise.

American soldiers battled the militia twice in 2004, but it emerged stronger…

March 1, 2007 by Allahpundit

This time it needs to emerge deader.

American soldiers battled the militia twice in 2004, but it emerged stronger…

March 1, 2007 by Allahpundit

Maybe, finally, we can let our troops take the gloves off…?

All American!! Hooah!

“They call me Yuckmouth, ’cause I don’t brush, oh I like my teeth like this …”

Gotta love that dead tooth.

I wonder if it’s at all possible for Mookie to “have an accident” or get “stabbed to death in a random street fight” in Qom. If the CIA were worth anything these arte the kind of ops they’d be pulling. Exile in Iran is okay, but I’d much prefer ignominious death in a “car accident”.

The Apologist on March 1, 2007 at 6:16 PM

Jack would do it.

Update: Word on the street from the MEMRI Blog is that Sadr’s hanging around his cousin’s house in Qom, Iran, along with many of the Mahdi Army’s leaders.

Doesn’t that make him off limits?

There will be no sanctuaries in Iraq.

I think this is good news. Let’s hope they go down hard…

Oh, and mini-forts are cool. Though, theirs will probably be cooler than mine.

Meanwhile, in Anbar, Iraqi troops — acting alone

Sooner or later, progress is going to be noticed outside the blogosphere.

With that being said … “Sheikh Raheem al-Darruji, the mayor of Sadr City, said the Sadrists were willing to give the plan a chance but said if attacks against the Shi’ite community continued “the people of Sadr City would defend again their neighborhoods”.”

Maybe we need to scrap “Sadr City” … as in level it. If we had done that to Fallujah it would have been understood we meant business.

Now … how do we keep him there?

darwin on March 1, 2007 at 6:01 PM

We make it clear that the Iraqi warrant for his arrest as an acomplice for murder (couple years old… but still in force) will be served, and he will be arrested, the moment he sets foot on Iraqi soil.

Word on the street from the MEMRI Blog is that Sadr’s hanging around his cousin’s house in Qom, Iran, along with many of the Mahdi Army’s leaders.

Now … how do we keep him there?

/typical moonbat

Dontcha just love that picture of Mookie?

Kinda looks like hell’s idea of Dom DeLouise, doesn’t it?

“They call me Yuckmouth, ’cause I don’t brush, oh I like my teeth like this …”

DING DING DING

Round Three!

Allies Ready for Landing.
May 15, 1944
A US Army spokesman announced that after much preparation, US and UK troops are ready to attempt a landing on the European mainland sometime within the next few weeks

I know they didn’t give operational details, and maybe I’m naive, but why the h*ll would we announce that we’ll soon have a full-time presence in Sadr city? Isn’t that giving the terrorists time to prepare?