>>Wouldn't it have been nice if this thread had evolved into a more in->>depth exploration of Sadr, anti-occupation Shiism, anti-Iranian Shiism, >>and the militant Shia in full cooperation with militant Sunna (and just >>what are they actually being 'militant' about?).
DH replied:
>>It would have been nice. Why don't you take the lead? It's not very
helpful when people complain about the discursive failings of others.>>
I did take the 'lead'. But then you took it back from me and used your space to complain about my own discursive failings. Or hadn't you noticed?
Anyway, for the sort of discussion I was proposing someone besides myself on the list would have to notice--and then make note of the fact--that al Sadr is an anti-Iranian Shia Arab Iraqi cleric. The drift of the list seemed more about ritualistically denouncing clerical fascists or the leftists who supposedly love them. You might see my previous posts which addressed the miscalculations about Iraqi nationalism.
Next, about that Islamic peacekeeping force in Iraq.
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