Comments on: Status Quo Antes Up http://washingtonindependent.com/1843/status-quo-antes-up National News in Context Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: swopa http://washingtonindependent.com/1843/status-quo-antes-up/comment-page-1#comment-2972 swopa Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:34:55 +0000 http://www.washingtonindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=1843#comment-2972 As Lynch hints at in his response, there's reason to question this assertion of yours: "Sadr gets his people out of the cross-hairs of the police..."<br><br><br><br>What Sadr has is a promise from Maliki to stop the whittling-away-at-the-edges arrests that have been going on for months. If you want to treat that as a definitive victory, you must know something about the value of politicians' promises (Iraqi or otherwise) that has eluded the rest of us. As Lynch hints at in his response, there's reason to question this assertion of yours: "Sadr gets his people out of the cross-hairs of the police…"

What Sadr has is a promise from Maliki to stop the whittling-away-at-the-edges arrests that have been going on for months. If you want to treat that as a definitive victory, you must know something about the value of politicians' promises (Iraqi or otherwise) that has eluded the rest of us.

]]> By: swopa http://washingtonindependent.com/1843/status-quo-antes-up/comment-page-1#comment-1625 swopa Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.washingtonindependent.com.php5-9.websitetestlink.com/?p=1843#comment-1625 As Lynch hints at in his response, there's reason to question this assertion of yours: "Sadr gets his people out of the cross-hairs of the police..." What Sadr has is a promise from Maliki to stop the whittling-away-at-the-edges arrests that have been going on for months. If you want to treat that as a definitive victory, you must know something about the value of politicians' promises (Iraqi or otherwise) that has eluded the rest of us. As Lynch hints at in his response, there’s reason to question this assertion of yours: "Sadr gets his people out of the cross-hairs of the police…"

What Sadr has is a promise from Maliki to stop the whittling-away-at-the-edges arrests that have been going on for months. If you want to treat that as a definitive victory, you must know something about the value of politicians’ promises (Iraqi or otherwise) that has eluded the rest of us.

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