Moqtada al-Sadr just got done announcing he is withdrawing from direct involvement in Iraqi politics, but he’s not going out quietly, and delivered a major parting shot to the Maliki government.
In his speech today Sadr condemned Maliki as a “tyrant” and a “dictator,” urging his supporters to come out in force in the upcoming elections to back factions other than Maliki’s State of Law.
Sadr went on to say the government was “silencing, deporting and arresting” its rivals, and were labeling opposition figures “terrorists” regardless of what they did. Several members of the Iraqiya Party, the largest in parliament, have been condemned as terrorists, and a large portion of parliament resigned in protest for that.
The Sadrist Front is the largest faction in the Iraqi National Alliance (INA), a Shi’ite religious faction. They and the secular Iraqiya both had major success in the 2010 election, but the US pushed them into a “unity government” with Maliki retaining control, and he reneged on all power-sharing agreements. To this day, Maliki is Prime Minister, Interior Minister, Defense Minister, and chief of the military.
“but the US pushed them into a “unity government” with Maliki retaining control, and he reneged on all power-sharing agreements. To this day, Maliki is Prime Minister, Interior Minister, Defense Minister, and chief of the military”, this is a kind of guy, or government USG wants to work with, either this or a dictatorial regime or tyrants, as Saudis in Middle East and in Europe-Ukraine, Neo and old fascism, hooliganism, anarchism and lately a falsified social democracy in France. show me when and where in this world USG was eager to promot democracy, a homegrown democracy, where the majority of the people choice was-is respected by USG.
I give you a clue, not in Africa, not in Middle East, not in Asia, not anywhere, but US militarism have thousands upon thousands of military personnel and hardware stationed in every corner of this world protecting their political investments.
Hmm, a unitary executive supported by a gang of criminals, labeling the opposition as terrorists. Sounds familiar….
This can't be, the US supporting a Dictator. How about we give the same support for Kim Jong Un.
Not that I'm advocating any such action, but, why is it, that in a region where blood feuds and the resolve to act on them through extreme termination of one party against another have existed for centuries, Maliki is still alive and ruling? With the number of enemies within his own government, not to mention the country, this guy must be leading a charmed life to not be a footnote in the history books. Does he ever leave his bedroom?
I'm betting that Sadr is not going to sit idly by and watch Maliki continue to do what he is doing now…