Reply #11: better to operate now, then?

[maxsolomon]

i suppose if we leave him be, he will solidify his position as leader of the shia theocracy that is coming, regardless. i guess we prefer sistani to lead that, but he doesn't sound too viable coming from his london hospital bed.

anyway, on what basis are we arresting or killing al sadr? he's not personally shooting at us.

i see your point, though. for the lives or our troops & our earlier rather than later withdrawal, take him out now. and don't capture him like saddam - kill him. in prison he's just as inspirational as he is out.