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Originally posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
No need for tongue in cheek. I think that is is highly questionable whether a government that does not have some significant representation from the al-Sadr faction is going to have general legitimacy in large parts of Iraq, yet if the government has a strong al-Sadr faction it will lack legitimacy with the US.
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2. (It was the "not ready for democracy" part that was sort of tongue-in-cheek.) A popular gov't in Iraq could make Teheran happier than Washington.