Iran and Sadr

According to Juan Cole, a spokesman for Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has accused the Mahdi Army of accepting aid from a neighboring country, which Cole takes to mean Iran. I suspect Iran is willing to support people resisting American influence in a neighboring country, though Cole is right that Sadr is in no way the Iranian proxy many conservatives claim. In fact, the conservative focus on states as the root of all problems is, I think, a key reason why I trust others more to fight terrorism.