Mark Steyn skewers Mookie al-Fatty in the Washington Times, in “Our Loss, Their Gain.”
It’s classic Steyn, as this excerpt reveals:
“Meanwhile, the punk cleric Sheikh Moqtada al-Sadr has decided discretion is the better part of mullahs and has temporarily relocated to Iran. That’s right: the biggest troublemaker in Iraq is no longer in Iraq.
“It may be that his Persian vacation is only to marry a cousin or two and consult with the A-list ayatollahs, but the Mookster has always had highly sensitive antennae when it comes to his own physical security — he likes being the guy who urges martyrdom on others rather than being just another schmuck who takes one for the team.”
Wouldn’t have happened without the surge. You know you have these pigs on the ropes when they start to squeal. If they’re just blustering and posturing, it’s a hint that they haven’t taken enough hits. But when they scream and shout about something “unfair” or “inhumane,” such as Fallujah’s elders circa April 2004 throwing a fit about Marine snipers, (which were not just snipers, but every Marine who knew how to shoot and that was pretty much all of them). So, when this creature hauls his big ass to Teheran, you know you’ve hit the X ring.
OUT-STAN-DING.
Wow, that was one great article. You can count on Steyn to bring the reality with a sledgehammer.
Okay, so al-Sadr is in Iran waiting us out. So is the JAM. What happens when the surge ends? What happens when we leave?
The jury’s still out. And until we confront and crush JAM once and for all (and al-Sadr with him), there will still be problems.
which were not just snipers, but every Marine who knew how to shoot and that was pretty much all of them
heh. yup!