Comments on: Iraqi intel: Mughniyeh “co-founded” the Mahdi Army

By: Alalazoo

Alalazoo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:06:20 +0000

You people just don't get it, do you?So WHAT if Mugniyah is responsible for hundreds of American deaths? So what if he was a tool of Iran, and was training al Sadr's militia to kill more Americans? So what if he had a $5 million bounty on his head, and the intelligence services of a half dozen nations have been after him for almost 3 decades?So what if Hezbollah has found an excuse to step up it's harassment of Israel (our only true ally in the region), and perhaps launch new attacks?These issues are not important. What's really important is steroid abuse in baseball.You should know this, because that is the ONLY thing EVERY mainstream news outlet (and Congress) was focused on in the days following Mugniya's "assassination".Try to keep your eye on the ball, guys.Get your priorities straight.

By: Chris L.

Chris L. — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:54:12 +0000

Echosyst,

You beat me to it. I was thinking the same thing.

By: echosyst

echosyst — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:24:34 +0000

Guy looks like Rob Reiner

By: joewm315

joewm315 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:57:02 +0000

I would think this sort of information would help to erode the support for the Mahdi army among Iraqi shiites… if they still have any sort of Iraqi identity, that is.

At any rate, good riddance to Mughniyeh, who some believe we should have gotten rid of a long time ago.

(The article linked above contains the 1990’s version of Trutherism, but I still think the story of the soldiers contained therein sounds quite plausible)

By: darkpixel

darkpixel — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:48:55 +0000

I wonder if Mugniyah being out of the picture might also have factored into why the cease-fire got extended.

Dudley Smith on February 24, 2008 at 2:38 PM

I doubt it

bnelson44 on February 24, 2008 at 4:22 PM

I agree with bnelson. I think it’s more the presence of American soldiers and Marines, rather than the absence of his Iranian sponsored “Rabbi”.

By: bnelson44

bnelson44 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:22:09 +0000

I wonder if Mugniyah being out of the picture might also have factored into why the cease-fire got extended.

Dudley Smith on February 24, 2008 at 2:38 PM

I doubt it

By: dmann

dmann — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:24:01 +0000

I think we have given far to much significance to the role that sectarian sensitivities play in this conflict. A few common denominators exist regardless of the flavor the fascists claim to be: 1) They are all Muslim, 2) They all use the Koran, 3) We are the infidel crusader, 4) They all subscribe to Islamosupremecy, 5) They show total disregard for human life. 6) They have nothing but contempt for personal freedoms and individual rights. The list could go on and on, we kid ourselves believing one faction is better than the other. This is a clever common strategy the enemy shares in order to create false hopes for allegiances to a preceived moderate sect.

By: CP

CP — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:11:51 +0000

We really should’ve bombed the crap out of the Bekaa Valley by now.

By: MB4

MB4 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:58:38 +0000

Stop it! - Diana West U.S. forces should not ordinarily be engaged in nation-building — sorry, nation-stabilizing — nor should they ever be engaged in Sharia-nation-stabilizing, which is my core problem with our overall strategy in constitutionally Sharia-supreme Iraq as well as constitutionally Sharia-supreme Afghanistan (not to mention the constitutionally Sharia-supreme Palestinian Authority),but that's another column. Bottom line? History shows that the conditions that drove the model transformation of Japan do not exist today with regard to the Islamic Middle East. We're going to need another strategy — for starters, an immigration policy and new laws to halt the creep of Sharia — to ward off the Islamization of the West.

By: Dudley Smith

Dudley Smith — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:38:34 +0000

I wonder if Mugniyah being out of the picture might also have factored into why the cease-fire got extended.