Nobody in the Bush administration will come out and say that Muqtada Al-Sadr is an enemy of the US, and Bush has allowed him to be part ot the Iraqi government, and US troops were ORDERED not to kill him even though his Death Squads are killing innocent civilians and his Mahdi Army has killed many US marines in Najaf. His people control much of the government, the army, and they even chanted his name at the hanging of Saddam Hussein.
Why does someone who kills US marines get a free pass from Bush and the Republicans? Is it because he killed Cindy Sheehan's kid?
2007-01-16 06:38:43 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Bush did not clearly say that he was an enemy of the US, he danced around it in the interview and spoke hypothetically. Read the whole transcript at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/14/60minutes/main2359119.shtml
2007-01-16 06:49:05 · update #1
Why did he have to say "if he kills americans" sounds like the commander in chief doesn't really know who the enemy is?
2007-01-16 06:51:21 · update #2
Bush said NOTHING would stop him from killing those who threaten the US, but now repubs claim that the Iraqis can stop us from pursuing our enemies?
2007-01-16 06:53:10 · update #3
Letting al Sadr and his army survive, is one of the most serious mistakes of the Bush administration. He as much as said that he is in cahoots with the Shiite and Iran against the Sunni. It also shows that Maliki's sectarian government is pro Iran.
This must be corrected, Iran is the biggest culprit in keeping the insurgency alive. Unless we correct these mental mistakes and focus on the real enemy, we have no business even being in Iraq.
You are absolutely correct, a serious mistake has been made by the Bush administration that must be corrected before we can proceed with further commitment to the Iraq government. if Maliki doesn't approve, than it's time to bail, or at least time to take matters in our own hands as far as al Sadr is concerned!
2007-01-16 12:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by briang731/ bvincent 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Nobody in the Bush administration will come out and say that Muqtada Al-Sadr is an enemy of the US, and Bush has allowed him to be part ot the Iraqi government, and US troops were ORDERED not to kill him even though his Death Squads are killing innocent civilians and his Mahdi Army has killed many...
2015-08-23 04:12:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rachele 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mr. Muqtada Alsader (Shia Cleric) is what you can describe as a military representative of Iran, He is financially funded and he gets all his weapons from Iran. You ask why Mr. Bush does not kill him, well, maybe he is what you can call untouchable, Mr. Bush cannot kill his true enemies, if you want to stop death militias?, then kill Muqtada, that is the magic answer the US gov. just does not seem to understand, he is far worse then Bin Laden…But I guess some countries do not learn from there past mistake, Bin Laden was under US watch, but they let him go, and the same will happen with Muqtada, but he is killing innocent Iraqis and US troops everyday, ask your commander why the next soldier should die so Mr. Sader can Lie in his castle in Saadum City.
2007-01-17 06:35:36 · answer #3 · answered by Wise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There once was a man named Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer who died in the hands of Sitting Bull's men. Now Sitting Bull and his men were chased into Canada, but Sitting Bull came back in the U.S. and had public speeches, performed at circuses etc. Nobody bothered to arrest Sitting Bull even though he was in plain sight. Sitting Bull moved into a reservation where he was killed by U.S. trained Indian deputies after Sitting's Bull's body guard drew his weapon at the deputies.
That's what's basically going to happen to Muqtada Al-Sadr. The man is going to die in the hands of the Iraqis after an eventual shake down on his power.
2007-01-16 08:54:32 · answer #4 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. In an interview on CBS, Bush said that al Sadr is an enemy if he kills Americans.
2. Interesting that the same people who claim Saddam's execution would cause a spike in violence (it didn't) want bin Laden and al Sadr dead. Try to figure that out.
2007-01-16 06:47:04 · answer #5 · answered by C = JD 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Sadr has a lot of power in iraq; especially with the Iraqi president.
2007-01-16 10:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by usmcgam48 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly for the same reason his father didn't march the Army into Baghdad and kill Saddam a decade ago -- if you kill him outright, you turn him into a martyr who would further inspire the Islamic terrorists. However, if we capture him, and he's tried by Iraqi courts, and then sentenced to death as was Saddam, he is no longer a martyr, but a convicted criminal.
2007-01-16 07:23:44 · answer #7 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was the decision of the Iraqi government, whose country we are in.
This is what happens when you let the politicos micromanage the war. The Iraqi government still does not understand that for a government to be legitimate, it MUST be the only source of military power.
2007-01-16 06:50:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Good question..
We should have killed al-Sadr long ago...
2007-01-16 06:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋