Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

November 20, 2007

The ruling party of Iraq under Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is called the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, or SIIC. It was organized in 1982 by Iraqi exiles living in Iran.

Despite the fact that the SIIC remains intimately connected to Iran, the Bush administration has given that party its full and unconditional support.

At the same time the administration has been arming and equipping Sunni Muslim factions that are funded and supported by Saudi Arabia. Many of the Sunni insurgents now receiving Washington's support are allies of al-Qaeda.

Yet another division is opening up between al-Maliki's ruling party and a political bloc led by the radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

While the recent decline in Iraqi violence is welcome, it's merely a lull in what promises to be an exceptionally bloody civil war, with tens of thousands of US troops caught in the middle. We should stop trying to micro-manage Iraq's sectarian feuds and bring our troops home immediately.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.