"And you can thank them for being the primary force that broke the back of the German army, because that's what they were." LH

"Of course we benefitted from the eastern front against Hitler in a big way, but that was due to the sacrifices of the Russian people more than to the Communist leadership." Joe

Gee... I think we said the same thing (nearly).

But this doesn't really have a lot to do with Iraq. I'm not sure the current Shia Religious party dominated leadership in Iraq is any sort of US ally except maybe of dire necessity.

Joe