On Aug 31, 2006, at 12:55 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
> Juan Cole goes on to write: "Although SCIRI and allies won the
> provincial elections of January, 2005, since then the Sadr movement
> has been gaining adherents and influence in this and other southern
> Shiite provinces. New provincial elections were scheduled but have
> never been held, in part for fear that the Sadrists would sweep to
> power in provincial statehouses" (at
> <http://www.juancole.com/2006/08/over-100-killed-in-iraq-100-
> wounded.html>).
>
> If that's true, I'm thrilled.
Thrilled? By the Sadrists? Really? Do you have any political philosophy these days, or is it just that Cockburnesque love of fucking things up?
Doug