Originally Posted by Rangermoore

Yes I was in the service, 1st Ranger Bn, 3rd Ranger Bn, JSOC, just to name a few units.

The last time I was in iraq was 2004, 2005, & 2006. I was in a mostly rural area south of Baghdad, The Sunni triangle, triangle of death, I traveled to baghdad good a bit to go to the embassy . Iskandariyah was the closest city to us. The women all went around with nothing on their heads. Some choose to wear the traditional head coverings but most did not. The girls were all in school if their parents would allow. But they had a choice.

Yes sistani is a very powerful man in iraq but Muqtada al-Sadr I would say was more powerful in some parts of iraq. I had al-Sadr cornered in Najaf in my scope and could have allowed him to meet his god, but the word from higher was not to harm him... I had to question myself as to if I was going to obey that command or just play the "your breaking up" game. In the end I backed out. I feel that was a BIG mistake.. I should have put the bullet in his head.

I do agree with you on this point, I do feel that life in iraq and the area was better under saddam. I do not agree with killing other heads of state by outside folks. That is something to be left to the people of that country.