Dickey - if you can provide a date, time and thread name; I'd be glad to defend my remark in context. Yes, they do need to provide services (health care being one of them) but Sadr City is not the place to start. For one thing, they already had medical services. For another, they should be trying to win the hearts and minds of the Sunnis. Its Sunnis who are attacking the U.S. forces.

It makes a nice photo op, however.