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Scott Sullivan:
Sadr must imitate Khmer Rouge
We know Sadr can be Abraham Lincoln. This is not good enough. Sadr must show he can be Pol Pot and Slobodan Milosevic.
Sadr is now the leader of Iraq's war of liberation against Nazi Iran and its US allies. In fact, Iraq is now under occupation by a joint Iranian-US force. The US has permitted Iran to take power in Iraq by infiltrating tens of thousands of Iranian paramilitary forces into Iraq. Meanwhile the US has exluded Turksh and Arab forces from Iraq.Muqtada al-Sadr should take three steps to overturn this Iranian-US occupation of Iran.
First, Sadr must rally the Arab states, the communist states, and democratic states against the illegal Iranian-US occupation of Iraq. By creating this broad anti-Nazi coalition, Sadr will isolate and weaken Iran and the US. In this regard, Sadr should call for the immediate and simultaneous withdrawal of US and Iranian forces and their replacement by forces under the command of the Arab League and the United Natons Security Council.
Second, Sadr shall demand that Iran renounce all territorial claims against Iraq, without exception. Sadr shall warn Iran that Iraq is not Bahrain.
Third, Sadr must be prepared to destroy Iran's fifth column in Iraq in the event the Iranian government refuses to withdraw its forces.To be precise, Muqtada al-Sadr must expell from Iraq all those who are loyal to Iran, just as the Khmer rouge assaulted the Vienamese in Cambodia and Milosevic assauted the Albanians in Kosovo.
Such an anti-Iranian scorched earth plan would bring three enormous advantages to Muqtada al-Sadr that would assure his victory over Iran.
First, and most importantly, Sadr would signal the Iraqi Sunnis that he does not favor the Iraqi Shi'ites. Most of the victims in a Sadr scorched earth policy against Iran would be from the Shi'ite community.
Second, Sadr would signal the Iranian people he is serious about resisting Ahmadinejad-Rafsanjani colonialism in Iraq. Such a signal could begin the process of regime change in Iran itself.
Third, Sadr would send a clear signal to President Bush to abandon his plan to partition Iraq between Iran and the Kurds. Only when Bush abandons his partition plan will peace and reconciliation be possible in Iraq.
Scott Sullivan is a former Washington government employee. Petroleumworld not necessarily share these views.
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