It is past time for al-Sadr to go:
The rising star of Moqtada al-Sadr has been the subject of much recent speculation: how his bloc became the biggest in the Shia UIA alliance, how he controls one of the most extremist militias in the country, and how he has become one of the most important politicians in Iraq’s development toward democracy. And also one of its biggest threats. Avowedly ready to stage an uprising should Iran give the order, some military commanders must be wondering why the hell they didn’t get rid of him a long time ago when they had the chance. Now his prominence is being compared to the rise of Hitler.
Read the whole thing. al-Sadr is not an elected leader, he is not a positive force in Iraq. He is not interested in human freedom. He is the typical amoral politician interested only in his own power. The United States has made many mistakes in the war. Perhaps the biggest has been allowing al-Sadr free reign to grow the Medhi (also spelled Mahdi) Army to its current size