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[QUOTE] Originally posted by Ramo
You believe that SCIRI, Da'wa, etc. would've been more Islamist? Or would've taken a harsher stance towards the Sunnis? Why'd you say that?
You and I are gonna have to agree to disagree on the Sadr timeline.
As for Fallujah, youre wrong there. Fallujah was a mess from the day we went into Iraq - IIUC it was essentially under the control of extremists from April 2003. The Marines began to make noises about chaning the policy in March 2004 when they took over from 101st AB - the insurgents took the next step by the attack on the convoys and the display of the charred bodies. The Marines reacted after that, not very effectively.
The moderation shown by the UIA slate - i think its part of a process of political maturing that was far from complete under the IGC.
You believe that SCIRI, Da'wa, etc. would've been more Islamist? Or would've taken a harsher stance towards the Sunnis? Why'd you say that?
Im saying that if we had gone to elections in March 2004, we'd have had a major Sadr problem, and a Fallujah problem - they would have made their moves ealier than they in fact did.
But we made the first move in both cases. Especially in Sadr's case, where we triggered the revolt by going after that Sadrist paper.
You and I are gonna have to agree to disagree on the Sadr timeline.
As for Fallujah, youre wrong there. Fallujah was a mess from the day we went into Iraq - IIUC it was essentially under the control of extremists from April 2003. The Marines began to make noises about chaning the policy in March 2004 when they took over from 101st AB - the insurgents took the next step by the attack on the convoys and the display of the charred bodies. The Marines reacted after that, not very effectively.
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