On Nov 28, 2006, at 3:18 PM, Jim Straub wrote:
> Point is, this offer by Sadr would seem to bolster Yoshie's
> assessment of him. To offer such conditional support to a Sunni
> leader in that manner is not a tactic from a nutbag bent on
> liquidating the sunni community to install a shia theocracy.
It's a constructive offer, but it still doesn't change the fact that he & his followers want to install a Khomeini-style theocracy. Speaking of which, Khomeini & Co. were generous with their rivals until they took power, when they killed them.
Doug