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Originally Posted by fish78
I agree with Col. Ralph that he needs to die, but I am not certain that we need to do it openly.
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Okay, why?
Do you want to kill the leader of the movement or do you want to co-opt the movement so that it will be aligned with the Iraqi government? Will killing the leader do that or will it further move the movement away from the ability of the government to bring these factions under some sense of control down stream? Is Al Sadr the problem or is he the symptom caused by a variety of problems? Are you attacking the problem or the cause? Put all that in persepective and you will probably answer your own question. Think about what insurgencies are all about and divorce yourself from the kill them all and let Allah sort them out mentality or you will only be addressing the short term and not the long. Just another perspective.