Sadr 2.0

There's a whole lot of buzz about Moqtada al Sadr's return (if he ever left) to Iraq. He seems to be rolling out a new P.R. campaign in southern Iraq stressing the need to get the U.S. out, including a willingness to team up with Sunnis.

His calls for withdrawal are not unique. What is interesting is the timing of his new P.R. initiative. With the Iraqi government looking increasingly impotent and with pressure in the U.S. for withdrawal, it cannot be an accident that Sadr has reemerged with such vigor.