America Shouldn't Rush to Condemn Sadr's Electoral Victory in Iraq—Yet
Iraq may be left with a ruling coalition that can moderate the Sadrists’ worst impulses while also addressing many of the structural problems that plague Iraqi democracy.
Matt Reisener is a program associate at the Center for the National Interest.
Image: Demonstrators wave Iraqi flags during an anti-U.S. protest called by fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, marking the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad April 9, 2007. Baghdad was under curfew on Monday on the fourth anniversary of the fall of the capital to U.S. forces. REUTERS/Ceerwan Aziz