What al Sadr's "army" has done since 2004? "Behaved themselves?" Then it's been an unending series of bad dreams that US forces have been constantly frustrated--by Maliki's unwillingness to go along--in any attempt to go after al Sadr. I'm sure the US has had absolutely no problem with al-Sadr--because you say so. The fact that al- Sadr has no problem with Maliki has nothing to do with the fact that al-Sadr has felt up to now that he had Maliki in his pocket--because you say so. And al-Sadr has had no problem with fractious members of his "army"--because you say so. After all it's an "army" and soldiers obey their commanders--because sailors obey them in the Royal Navy.

Anything you say--after all, you've never been wrong about anything so far.

But I hope you start thinking soon. It would be a refreshing change.