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Originally posted by Dragonlich
Al Sadr is not at all a "very powerful" man. Compared to the many other clerics, he's a small fringe figure.
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Sadr is not the top dog, true, but he isn't exactly a fringe figure either. Only two clerics have more power than he does, and while both of them are in our camp for now, any moves that result in Shia deaths will make the fence they are straddling more and more narrow. Even Sistani cannot back an occupying force that is killing Shias and retain credibility.
This situation has to be handled very delicately, and I fear that even if this ends badly for Sadr, which it probably will, it will also end badly for us.