(listening to Thom Hartman) US gov't paying Sunni millitia to prove "surge" is working?

[npincus]

Sunnis are no longer receiving US gov't money, Sunnis attacking Shi'ites, Shi'ites attacking Sh'ites, surge collapses... what the hell is going on???

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. My guess is that Sadr wants a piece of the action now, and perhaps that's why he's stirring things

up.

[sabra]

2. what we are seeing right now doesn't even involve the Sunni population -

this is a Shia vs. Shia fight - and it's getting uglier by the day...

[annabanana]

3. They also "encouraged" Al Sadr to continue his cease-fire.

Although that seems to be coming apart at the seams now....

[Supersedeas]

4. those taxpayer billions aren't just going to crony contractors