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Originally posted by bilmore
I think our situation there has turned a rather huge corner in the last three weeks, and we are very close to having an actual, honest-to-goodness country over there. Support for Sadr is almost completely gone....
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Uh oh. "An Iraqi poll to be released next week shows a surge in the popularity of Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical young Shia cleric fighting coalition forces." 68% of Iraqis now support Moqtada al-Sadr. Of course, the poll was conducted before pictures of Abu Ghraib starting coming out, and before we recommenced our strategy of bombing wedding parties,* so maybe the Iraqis will be won over by our newfound resolve and will turn on Sadr now.
* This is what Bill Bennett had in mind when he talked about it being time to unsheathe our sword, right?
eta: Is "turning the corner" going to be the new "light at the end of the tunnel"?
