December 02, 2006
Is Muqtada al Sadr aligning himself with Syria and making a move against Iran? A move which is in the interests of the US, Israel, and the entire Middle East?
That's what the anti-clerical Persian Journal claims. Sadr's anti-Americanism, from this article's perspective, seems more in line with that of Syria. Iran, in this view, is pushing Hezbollah to topple the Lebanon government because the anti-Israeli card is the only thing on which Syria and al Sadr's forces in Iraq will play ball on. And al Sadr is someone who the US can play ball with, much like we do with the Syrians, not because he is pro-American but because of his own self-interest.
If that is the case, then al Sadr may be playing Darth Vader to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Emperor Palpatine. Viewed as the lapdog but who, in fact, cautiously awaits the right time to make a move and take the reigns of leadership in the Middle East.
I'm not convinced, but interesting nonetheless. Especially given allegations that al Sadr's militia is financed, trained, and armed not in Damascus, but in Tehran.
H/T to OpiniPundit for the the pic and the caption.
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Posted by: Speaking for the Choir at December 02, 2006 04:09 PM (HSkSw)
dramatic. He looks like evil incarnate. Oh wait ....
Posted by: Oyster at December 02, 2006 04:24 PM (YudAC)
Cheney has a Muslim Twin brother. Both spew hate and death to those who disagree with them. I wonder if al Sadr likes to genetically deformed caged animals for sport?
Posted by: Frank Booth at December 02, 2006 07:53 PM (rIWvK)
Shoulda taken this pig down on day two of the war. Major tactical error not doing so.
Posted by: Good Lt at December 02, 2006 08:06 PM (D0TMh)
Posted by: Frank Booth at December 02, 2006 08:20 PM (rIWvK)
Posted by: THANOS at December 02, 2006 08:38 PM (4UFiH)
Thanos have you ever seen the Worlds Strongest Man contest? Want to go up to one of those guys and call them Fat?
Posted by: Frank Booth at December 02, 2006 08:42 PM (rIWvK)
I used to think the way you do. All that muscle and being strong means you can kick anyones ass. Thats all a big FAT lie, Frank. I know, been there done that. All that muscle means squat after i take out youre kneecaps or splinter youre throat. Dont believe me, find out for youreself. Take a look around on the web and youll find out the truth about many of these "fit" and "strong" bodybuilders and strongmen. And dont even get me started on how many of them use steroids and other strength enhancers. Do you honestly think that a human body can get to such freakish size and strength without such help? And do you have ay idea what thay help does to their organs and skeletal structure? Id say go ask Mike Mentzer or his brother, but they are both dead. Guess what killed them.
So yea, Mookie is a fat bastard.
Posted by: THANOS at December 02, 2006 09:22 PM (4UFiH)
Posted by: Max Power at December 02, 2006 10:20 PM (PM8kH)
ahmadinejad = hitler
assad = mussolini
sadr = goering
fuhrer - caliph/mahdi
then again:
maybe sadr thinks he's the mahdi.
and maybe so does ahmadinejad.
bottom-line: imho: iran has the $$$ and is calling most of the shots. have been since 1979.
binladen was anti-house of saud, as was saddam. this made them allies.
ultimately iran wants to restablish a shia caliphate. so does sadr.
assad couldn't care less.
if bush had balls he'd do whatever to takes to oust assad. and kill sadr. and kill ar-megiddo-nutjob.
the chaos afterwards would be a help.
Posted by: reliapundit at December 02, 2006 10:37 PM (oAim9)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 02, 2006 10:41 PM (8e/V4)
"Nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
He sure looks like he wants some sweet lovin from big mamma gamma rays doesn't he? What an evil looking face he has. Like my ex brother in law.
For the guys who like RPG's like DnD, there was a game 'Call of Cthulu'. In the game there was a horrible alien godlike entity, called Cthulu (go figure) hundreds of feet high, like a satanic Godzilla. If he was awakened he was unkillable, and utterly world ravaging.
There was a question about using nukes on Cthulu, and if they would work? Of course they would! The problem was that since Cthulu couldn't really die, he would just regenerate and reform, and then he would be unkillable, world ravaging, hundreds of feet high, and radioactive to boot!!! Not helpful.
Sometimes these Jihad loving, life hating, human monsters, remind me of the monsters of fiction. They are sort of larger than life, horrible, and unpredictable. They do not seem to be grounded in human understanding, like an alien evil entity.
The next world war is gonna be so ugly. I mean the last one was bad, but still ...
Vader seems cute and fluffy to me at the moment. Like an ewok. You could sometimes sort of laugh at Vader. "Impressive! Most impressive." Hee hee!
I hope he is more like Vader, than Cthulu ...
USA all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at December 02, 2006 11:02 PM (2OHpj)
Posted by: Michael Weaver at December 02, 2006 11:16 PM (2OHpj)
Huh? We're either missing a verb there or we have a
misspelled adjective, or something. Oh and Frank, my dad can beat
up your dad.
Posted by: Oyster at December 03, 2006 09:58 AM (YudAC)
Posted by: Pete at December 03, 2006 10:09 AM (lmVx8)
Sorry dude but I do know a lot about health and fitness.
Hey oster my dad is 74 making threats like that means you are fucking asshole. I do apologize for missing the verb but one would think that you are not to thick headed as to not figure out the gist of the story.
Were is that Osama been forgotten AGAIN, anyways? Wasn't he the one who is nearly immobile being hooked to a dialysis machine living in a cave in the middle of no where and with no means of electronic communication? One would think the Patriotic Americans of the likes of you people would have a sticky at the top of this blog stating you grievances about the Emperor Chimps lack of ability to get the actual mastermind of 9/11 terrorist attacks. But no you people go off for days about threats that did not exist before the worst military blunder in the modern age has killed 3k plus US soldiers and countless innocent children. Ever wonder why these people hate America? Probable not, you are more concerned about killing everyone else. Blood lust has become your guide. It will only end in failure.
Good luck trying to make your new boogie man in to darth vador, Cheney has had that dubious honor for a lot longer.
Posted by: Frank Booth at December 03, 2006 12:00 PM (rIWvK)
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 03, 2006 12:04 PM (8e/V4)
Posted by: Frank Booth at December 03, 2006 12:20 PM (rIWvK)
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/11/28/abc-news-exclusive-us-set-to-abandon-anbar/
If al Sadr were to suffer the same fate as Zarqawi would we expect his militia to likewise cease to be a potent force ? Even if his militia was destroyed does anyone know who or what would step into that power vacuum? And destroying his militia would be problematical, insurgents always have the option of simply not fighting any battle that they wish to avoid.
Posted by: John Ryan at December 03, 2006 12:20 PM (TcoRJ)
Libs complain that we haven't caught Osama (but purely for political point scoring) and then complain that killing Zarqawi wouldn't stop the terror. Libs, make up your effing minds. You want it both ways but you aint gonna get it both ways.
Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at December 03, 2006 02:11 PM (8e/V4)
Posted by: sandpiper at December 03, 2006 11:29 PM (as4nC)
Posted by: Greyrooster at December 04, 2006 05:45 AM (qWbYR)
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