Moqtada al-Sadr Is Finished

I'm sure most of you that follow the msm will have already heard this by now: America's greatest adversary in Iraq, Moqtada al-Sadr, will announce tomorrow that he is disbanding his army and giving up the fight. What? You haven't heard about this yet? That's odd, the msm are usually so eager to tell us about great news coming out of Iraq:

Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr plans to announce Friday that he will disarm his Mahdi Army, which was raining mortars on Baghdad's Green Zone as recently as April. Coupled with the near-total defeat of al Qaeda in Iraq, this means the U.S. no longer faces any significant organized military foe in the country. It also marks a major setback for Iran, which had used the Mahdi Army as one of its primary vehicles for extending its influence in Iraq.

The story, broken yesterday by the Journal's Gina Chon, marks the latest of serial defeats for Mr. Sadr, beginning in February 2007 when he was forced underground (reportedly to Iran) in anticipation of the surge of U.S. troops. More recently, the Mahdi Army was defeated and evicted from Basra and other southern strongholds by an Iraqi-led military offensive. The Mahdi Army capitulated without a fight from its Baghdad enclave of Sadr City. Now the young cleric will focus his group's efforts on politics and social work, perhaps while he pursues theological studies in Iran.

If the young cleric is going to focus his efforts on politics, may I suggest that he apply as a spokesman for the messianic Barack Obama's (pbuh) campaign. After all, they have much in common--both believe the surge has been a disaster (for different reasons, mind you), and both believe America needs change (for the same reasons). VP perhaps?

Will the last Marine in Iraq please turn off the lights, please...