Peace-Loving Guests

According to Juan Cole, (link bloggered) Muqtada Sadr has declared the American forces in Iraq to be "guests" and "peace-loving people." He added, "The Iraqi people want only good for the Americans, and there is no enemy of Iraq except Saddam and his followers." Juan Cole ties this in to American threats to arrest him; they also probably stem from the lack of support he was getting for his rival government idea. Rare kudos to the U.S. team running Iraq for the way they seem to have handled this situation.