From AP: Exactly WHO is the Enemy?

mldostert, Daily Kos

Under the heading of things that make your head explode comes this story from the AP, posted 21 minutes ago. US leaves militia limited security role The story says that the US is deliberately leaving the Mahdi army in charge of some parts of Bahgdad. Yes, the same Madhdi army that is supposedly contolled by Iran, that we are supposed to be fighting (...) We had to have a "surge" to tamp down the violence and allow for political reconciliation, so that Sunnis would lay down their arms and join the political process. But the US is partnering with the very Mahdi Army that is murdering Sunnis, forcing them from their homes, etc. Add this to recent news that a secretive office in Al Maliki's goverment is purging army officers who confront the Mahdi army and the US strategy becomes clear: we've picked a side - the Iranian-backed side - in the Iraqi civil war...

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