Well, the tricky part was getting the Iraqi government's backing to go after its allies. This isn't the post-invasion period where we were the only authority.
This isn't to say that the Shia milita aren't bad guys, regardless of whether the government admits it or not. But if they aren't supporting us, who exactly are we fighting for? By that I mean literally who in the country is backing us? In beating Shia militias we help the Sunnis, but that doesn't automatically translate into them throwing us political support.
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Date: 2007-01-30 07:28 pm (UTC)This isn't to say that the Shia milita aren't bad guys, regardless of whether the government admits it or not. But if they aren't supporting us, who exactly are we fighting for? By that I mean literally who in the country is backing us? In beating Shia militias we help the Sunnis, but that doesn't automatically translate into them throwing us political support.