The Sadrist Problem

"The parliament has recently sent a delegation to Sadr City to review the situation and report back. MP’s in 3 cars, without protection, toured Sadr City and were taken to the Imam Ali Hospital and Sadr Hospital to see the injured and see first hand what is going on.
In today’s parliamentary session, this report was discussed by the MP’s who tried to figure a way to solve the Sadrist problem. It was your typical session. ‘A’ speaks, ‘B’ interrupts, ‘C’ shouts at ‘B’, ‘D’ defends ‘B’, ‘E’ shouts at ‘D’ and ‘A’ ignores everyone and continues speaking. If I am watching a session with Iraqi friends, it is pure entertainment, if I am watching it with non-Iraqi friends, it is pure embarrassment.

Iraqis are unique when it comes to organization, it is simply not in our dictionary. If you pay close attention to 5+ Iraqi’s doing a simple task (i.e preparing dinner) you will begin to realise why the country is in such a mess and why they have trouble fixing it. Many Iraqis (and I have heard this from several taxi drivers in Najaf of all places) claim Saddam was good for Iraq because he knew how to control the people and that Iraq needs someone like Saddam to rule it again. Although they say this out of frustration, it says a lot about what they think of their own people."
Eye Raki