Will Sistani end the war in Iraq?

[springwellssw]

his name is shit-tani , not sistani

[moe80ca]

sistani agianest the war in iraq and agianest the killing of american he loves the iraqi people as well he love solders from usa not to be killed please do no over telling people lie im from his city i know him better than every one

[sammer112233]

Sistani is a great man

[ZindagikaSafar786]

God bless Sistani!!!!!!!!

[tampa50man]

Muslims must become true to the Muslim way of life! and that is kill slowly beheadings must become commonplace there was no better way to excuse but by a slow beheadings must happen on a daily basis this is the way the holy Prophet child molester Mohammed and his six-year-old sex slave wife this will provide good entertainment for ALLAH

[HajjiReza]

There a right time for everything, be careful of your words and comments people. I suggest you think before you speak, and work on your own personal jihads.....

[1islamunity]

Ayutollah sistani should call jihad already. But he cant becasue Jihad is not a easy word, u have to understand everyone would have to go fight, and he would be responsible for every death. And America does not have aproblem with dropping nuclears on Iraqi ppl. U have to think at all aspects, this is chess not checkers. I wish sistani was more like Khomeini though, cuz Khomenii didt play no games.

[rehanzaki123]

Ayatullah Sistani is a supreme leader, he should call for jihad and all shia community have to response the call of jihad.

[RightWay100]

You are 100% right brother.

Calling for jihad will be responsibilty for ayatullah, and if Quran and hadith will permiss him,he will call,he also the follower of imam hussain a.s and Great Commander of Imam hussain a.s 's army.i love him.

[YaFatimaZahra]

In islamic Law Sistani has no right to call a war unless if it were for self defence.

That is why he will not attack the U.S troops

[sahibzadha]

just shut the fuck up mother fuckers

just think befor you say something about ayathullah

son of mother fucker idiots

[iraqizz]

he wouldnt bcoz his a fukn dog that gets payd to shut his mouth the best men is muqtada alsddr

[ZhaMSD]

he's not even an Ayatollah yet; so he has no legitimate authority on Shi'as

[radar200]

He's a spiritual leader among the shiites,,not just in Iraq,,he's also well respected in Iran

[salsebti]

Haabibi for your information AlsayidMuqtada Alsadir is still finish his schooling and he goes and asks sayid Ali Alsistani for help and guidence before he makes a move. Weare all one hand! We are all Shiat Ali(s) we need too become one powerful hand not Sistanis or Sadris or Yakoobis or any other marja2 in iraq.

[HajjiReza]

Inshallah.

[iraqizz]

@salsebti laaa habebe sistani saakkeeet alla eel hak his not tell any1 wat to do nd sayd muqtada dos not ask shit of the sistani not from sum1 who dosnt show his face to camras or tv or prays in friday paryers just sits down nd says his to old habeby if ur a marjah thrs no being old ok bcoz uv go millions after u doing wat u dooo not fuknin sitting down at home tellin ppls im ttooo old doo thos stuff

[Rafidi2020]

if the grand ayatollah ali sistani,gives a deadline,there wont be a single american left iraq.but that would cause soon much fitna,mainly becuz american government are stubbon,greedy,assholes.

[SpraxIAKS]

You think? Somebody needs to put them in their place. The U.S people are starting too and now other countries need to. ^_^ The assholes in power will fail.

[nestor828282]

only saddam knew how to deal with these animals

[Naures]

koss ochtek

[alacuter]

Kick the occupiers OUT now! What are you waiting for? More bombs and snipers?

[PersonalJesus348]

your getting close to genius IQ. You know why? because I'm not christian.

[PersonalJesus348]

Keep posting more responses in all caps you look so intelligent doing it. Who know you might reach genius IQ doing that.

[redbrest]

I beg him to raise his finger and end this crap, BRING OUR TROOPS HOME and LET these MF kill each other.........

[proteanview]

Soulfree: Yeah, I guess I've sort of painted myself into that 'profound' corner. In the end, I'm just simple folk. ;-)

[MooseOfReason]

Do it! Now! Anything to end this damn war.

[charlessmyth]

Last time I looked it was Iraqis killing each other, not US forces killing Iraqis, to any meaningful extent. The US will be leaving very soon now, and the Iraqis can get down to their own murderous occupation.

[lastnymleft]

charlesmyth: "not US forces killing Iraqis"

Do you think they show you that? For every US soldier killed, you can be guaranteed there are ~10 resistance fighters and an even greater number of civilians, killed. US troops are being killed 2-3 per day. You do the math.

You will be very disappointed by Obama, Clinton, or McCain, because not one of the CFR candidates will end this as it should.

If you want to really END it, you need to look at the non-CFR candidates: Paul, Kucinich, Gravel, Nader

[charlessmyth]

Iraqi resistance fighters--so called--would be better employed rebuilding Iraq, which the Americans and others do no have any claim on, and are not impeding them to do.

Because of just-war-theory and proportional response protocols, Iraqi casualties are very much less than would otherwise be the case. 4 thousand dead Americans are proof of this.

Americans had the choice of Ron Paul, but refused to vote for him or your alternative suggestions.

[lastnymleft]

charlessmyth: Just war theory? Not one of the principles of that was satisfied before Bush and his cronies marched in. And proportional response? Hardly! They've cracked a walnut with a sledge-hammer, and now can't put the pieces back together

4000 dead Americans? Are you suggesting that is heavy because they have been putting themselves in harms way, in order to protect the civilians? Hahaha!

Americans were never really given a choice. The CFR decided and the MSM told them who they could have

[charlessmyth]

6,000 Americans died before lunchtime on Omaha beach in WW2, so 4,000 over five years in Iraq is a comparatively modest body-count, exluding the thousands of seriously injured who would have died without modern body armour and medical treatments.

The Iraq war was predicated on Iraqi defiance of UN resolutions. But, Americans are not constitutionally bound to sacrifice their lives in defence of UN resolutions. This is why the Iraq war is illegal.

[lastnymleft]

* Times have changed. In the age of broadcast television, the American public won't tolerate those sorts of death figures. 2-3 per day is tolerable, but 20-30 would not be. At least, not for a war that they were lied into in the first place. The greatest enemy of Bush, et al, is body bags in the news. That's why they control the display of such rigidly.

* Iraq was COMPLYING with the UN resolutions. The only ones that said they *weren't* complying was Bush, etc. Hans Blix was doing his job.

[charlessmyth]

All bad news counter to the executive's preferred view is suppressed. The Twin Towers cleanup is another good example, with an emphasis on heroes. This is why the constitutional limits on the administration are vital, and the choice of President with executive authority must be via sound deliberation, not vacuous spin.

It should be no concern to Americans what UN resolutions Iraq is or isn't in compliance with. This is why the constitution specified against problematic alliances, etc.

[crg64]

I'm an American who believes we shouldn't be in Iraq.Hopefully President Obama will bring them home soon.

[lastnymleft]

crg64: Obama will make noises and speak eloquently about it, but he will disappoint you, w.r.t. the war. He may have voted against it once, but he hasn't missed an opportunity to vote for it ever since. He will only remove "combat" troops from Iraq, leaving mercenaries and "redefined" troops. He has said he's prepared to go into Pakistan uninvited. He is leaving "all options" on the table w.r.t. Iran. That's code for nuclear first-strike. He is setting up a new generation for cynicism and apathy

[bluenote71]

I'm an American, and I don't think there are any true victors in escalating the violence in Iraq, but this war must end, and the Iraqi people, much like the Vietnamese all those years ago, have a right to fight for their country, and lives. It would be truly courageous.

[Ottman2007]

Please donate at least 80 cents or something

[sweetpotos]

AWESOME NEWS!!!

[davood1357]

nice video, as usual

[bulluni]

Thank you for the analysis I love this channel!

[aquamammal]

Tell me about it. Trying to get my parents to donate. Haha.

Peace.

XVX for life, R.A.S.H. 'til death.

[abarzilai664]

Or it may be a warning to Maliki not to grow to close to the Sunnis whom have been warming up to him since the Basra assult and his tolerence of the Awaking Councils.

[MementoExpose]

All the educated people in Iraq, doctors, engineers etc. are Sunnnis, and they've all left, lol. A secular government is the only way to go, I don't understand why the US installed and is supporting a theocratic government, boggles the mind...

[lastnymleft]

MementoExpose: "I don't understand why the US installed and is supporting a theocratic government"

Simple - the US doesn't give a shit about democracy. All they care about is installing a reliable puppet. Saddam became unreliable, so he had to go.

[DonSimonBolivar]

Fatwa really means F@ck You in other words every time this guy sends out a Fatwa. He basically is saying F@ck You a little, Another Fatwa F@ck You a little more. Until he drops the be Fatwa on the occupation of Iraq. The Big FATWA, I guess I don't have to continue repeating the meaning of what Fatwa means.

[studio7manga]

Sistani knows the Dems are smart enough to withdraw and will likely win the presidency, no sense in a violent uprising when they only need to wait for more sensible people in power.

[lastnymleft]

studio7manga: You will be disappointed by the Democrats. They were given both the Senate, and the House, in 2006, specifically to end the war. They could have done it any day, but they've continued to fund it. Obama and Clinton are members of the Council on Foreign Relations, and surround themselves with CFR advisors - exactly as McCain is/does. Obama is talking only of withdrawing "combat" troops, leaving mercenaries, and *redefined* troops there. He's also said he'd go into Pakistan uninvited.

[studio7manga]

Well, being in a swing state I have to choose the least awful of the two, I wouldn't mind voting for a third party candidate but I really don't want to see McCain in the White House.

[lastnymleft]

s7: Arrggghhh!! I so hate that attitude! If everybody just voted for the person that *SHOULD* be elected, then we wouldn't have to worry about picking the lesser of the two evils that the CFR & MSM give us as being "electable".

[studio7manga]

Pragmatism, I understand where your coming from but their are far to many stupid people where I live. If everyone I ran into was like me then I certainly would vote in that direction, but that's not the case, most people I run into are like "I ain't vot'n fer Obama cuz he's black/muslim" or "I ain't vot'n fer McCain cuz he's old" or "I ain't vot'n fer Hillary cuz she's fer baby kill'n 'n faggots"

It's quite depressing. People need to get educated first, or we need to change the mass media.

[SpraxIAKS]

Indeed. Or we'll have to wait for the majority of them to die out. :/

[iceddante]

I don't understand- is Pepe saying that a pronouncement of Fatwa from Sistani would push the Bush administration to quit Iraq? If so, I think he overestimates the power of Sistani and underestimates the stubbornness of our current administration.

[qillaq786]

what pepe is sayin is that if sistani passes the fatwa, millions of shia iraqis will rise up agaisn't the occupation, but not only that, it also means that every person of the shia faith in every country in the world is also obligated under religous law to help bring the occupation to an end

& if that does happen, it'll look alil suin like the vitenam war - but on steroids!!!!!!!!

[lastnymleft]

iceddante: Methinks *you* are the one underestimating the power of the Shiite forces throughout Iraq. They are the Iraqi military now, too, you know? It won't be just a faction of Shiite Iraqis, like the Sadrists. This will be EVERYONE.

Pepe is right in that Americans are only able to stay in Iraq at the tolerance of Ali Sistani. As soon as that ends, the US won't be able to sustain it. The body bags will jump from 2-3 per day to 20-30 per day, and the US public won't accept that.

[righteouspolitics80]

the US government won't leave . this is gonna be bad

[MementoExpose]

DO IT

[PersonalJesus348]

Oh please do it. He'd have the American people's thanks for making the government do what we've been wanting for years now.

[lastnymleft]

Isn't it amazing, the "sliding-door" moments in history, like this? If Moqtadr Al Sadr had not declared his 6 month unilateral cease-fire on August 29, 2007, or if Ayotallah Ali Sistani had made such a decision to issue a fatwa 6 months ago, John McCain wouldn't have picked up the Republican nomination, and perhaps Dr Ron Paul would have. Interestingly, for the lack of serious enemy in Iraq, the country will ultimately be wholly defeated, rather than brought to salvation. Accident...or strategy?

[lordblazer]

How is it defeated because the people who are winning aren't the ones you wanted it to win? For the most part Iraq will still be Iraq. It will still be dangerous, but that is wholly thanks to the US. The New American Century kills to many people, and it is time for this to stop. I wouldn't vote for McCain. That guy is a neocon to the book.

[lastnymleft]

lordblazer: I was meaning that it is the US that is going to be defeated, because of those two decisions of NON-violence by Al Sadr, and Al Sistani, in the last 6-9 months. Because Ron Paul is no longer a prospect of being elected, America is being sent down a path (be it McCain, Obama, or Clinton), of economic destruction. We have missed our window of opportunity to pull back PRIOR to the Big Crash, and will therefore hit it full on. I'm asking whether that as accident...or strategy?

[bulluni]

lastnyleft...strategy...

[hypnofan35]

It is a war of occupation no matter what else it is disguised as, or said to be. To start a war all that has to occur is for people to start messing each other up. To stop a war people have to stop messing one another up. You can pretend it is something else, but it is not about words it is about killing thereby bolstering hierarchy. You can say killing is heroic but the dead can't care anymore. They will not increase their status or improve their rank. They might be remembered.

[cursedsilly]

God bless you, Ayotallah Sistani!!

[proteanview]

I figured I might run in to you here.

Good for Sistani and Iraq.

[meeputube]

Do it.

[jimmycater2]

If the Shia would have joined in aganist the war early US would have been defeated long ago but the Shia wanted to use the US to get in power which will backfire on them should have been uniting with those aganist occupation not woking with them.

[lastnymleft]

Didn't we start off fighting WITH the Shiites, AGAINST the Sunnis? And aren't we now fighting AGAINST the Shiites, WITH the Sunnis? It's all so very confusing to follow, when the invader has no principles! Oh, what a tangled web they weave...

I guess it's just a case of "We are at war with Eastasia. We have ALWAYS been at war with Eastasia."