MUQTADA  AL-SADR  AND  QASEM   SOLEIMANI…

IS  THERE  ROOM  FOR  BOTH?

Why does it matter that Qasem Soleimani and Muotada al-Sadr have taken leading roles in the crisis in Iraq?

What point did I drive home the first night I addressed the events in Iraq?

What was it that made the Iraqi forces crumble and run away?

The lack of real leadership!!!!!

That is what these two bring to the event that Iraq is so despertly lacking.

Leadership and leadership that gives those who are virtually on the verge of defeat the hope, the inspiration to hang on.

Are both of these men enemies of the West?

To the Shia facing   the onslaught of the ISIS, do you really think that matters?

Soleimani is a proven War Hero for the Persians, one who earned his standing in the bloody conflict between Iran and Iraq!

Yes, I know; how ironic Soleimani, nearly mortally wounded in his battles with the Iraqi Army is not ridding to their rescue......such is the fate of Warriors.

Will Soleimani be able to hold Baghdad?

Will the Shia Militias follow him as they followed him in Syira?

Yes…. Soleimani has been pulled from the battlefields of Syria and no one understands that more than the Eye Doctor barricaded in Damascus.

Soleimani is a Master of his trade craft and he knows the arms taken by the ISIS from numerous Iraqi military outpost that have fallen will find their way back onto the battlefields of Syria.

I bet I know where the Syrian Air Force is concentrating their efforts as I write this post!

Soleimani, understands the price his campaign in Syria will pay and he knows in his heart the actions of the ISIS were created for just this reason.

He of all people realizes the assault on Iraq was based upon relief for the faltering Sunni offensive in Syria, yet as any loyal Military Leader does, he followed orders and moved on Baghdad.

Some men have the power to make other men hold fast just based on their name and Soleimani is such a man.

What the Shia have gained is hope…..hope based on having a real leader rally to front and command, “Stand Fast”…

So, that brings me to my next point.

What does the arrival of Soleimani mean to al-Sadr?

A Persian hero rides into Baghdad…one far more dynamic than even al-Sadr?

Is there room in this Iraqi conflict for two Heroes.. one .. Arab and one Persian?

When al-Sadr places his head on his pillow tonight, what does he dream of?

An Iraq under the command of the Persians?

Didn’t al-Sadr deliberately pull away from his once Persian Masters?

Is there room for al-Sadr and Soleimani?

Lets sit back and pay witness to yet another page of history for the nation once known as Iraq.