Wait... WHAT?

[elfs]

The United States Military is providing air support to an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq known as the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution.

WTF, over?

Comments

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Paging Captain Yossarian...

[(Anonymous)]

Whats good for George Bush enterprises is good for you!

[tagryn]

Not too surprising. The Mahdi Army's militias are operating independent of the government, while SCIRI is part of the "United Iraqi Alliance" party which won the most votes in the '05 election, so they're effectively the majority party in the Iraqi gov't. Insofar as helping the SCIRI militias fight the Mahdi Army militias helps reduce the latter's influence, that helps the Iraqi government. At least, that's the admittedly convoluted rationale as I see it.

[shunra.livejournal.com]

If they don't arm both sides, how would we they be sure of eternal war?

[(Anonymous)]

Simple, hire Games Workshop to run the country. They're experts at pointless perpetual wars.