What reconciliation?

Al Mehdi Army demonstrates in Basra From Al Qabas Kuwaiti newspaper (Arabic link): 4000 men of Sadr's militia, Al Mehdi army marched through the streets of Basra in a demonstration of power. The militia men were dressed in black shirts and khaki trousers and had their ammunition on.The American, British and Israeli flags were painted along the road where the demonstration took place for the militia to step on them. This happened despite that some of Sadr followers joined the elections and actually won some seats under the banner of the "Unified Coalition list". The Iraqi and multinational forces did not respond in any way to that demo.Why is this happening and how should we react to it? I think the answer for both questions is not difficult to be found. This happened because Muqtada Al Sadr was allowed to escape all the horrible crimes he and the criminal half gangsters half Ba'athist militia have committed over the past months. Now after the elections we can see more clearly what may have been not that clear at the times Sadr started both his revolts. He and his gang were not defying the "American occupation" as he claimed, but instead they were defying the vast majority of Iraqis who want freedom, democracy and peace. They were trying, with obvious generous aid from the Mullahs in Iran to kill our dreams of a better future. They spreaded chaos, looted government offices, killed and tortured Iraqis the way Saddam used to, and they did all they can to limit our freedom, a freedom that God gave us and the Americans helped us get it back. And now he's stepping on the flags of our allies and liberators. Do I thank God we were not liberated by a revolution of people like these or not!Well, if it's going to be end here then maybe there's no need to escalate the situation, but we all know Sadr and his thugs enough to trust that it's not going to stop here, as this is how it started twice and then when left without being dealt with, those thugs were encouraged to go further and further.It's not important now who's fault was that, The Interim government, the American administration or Sistani as much as it's important to decide how we are going to deal with this gang and its likes that have one foot in the system and the rest of its body outside it.Some voices in Iraq have been screaming for a long time, but especially after the elections, for a national reconciliation. Now I haven't figured out yet with whom we are supposed to reconcile and for what! But I at least know who's screaming for this reconciliation. They're ex-Bathists, those aligned with them and Sadr's people. I asked myself and my friends many times, "What wrong have we done to these people? Did we kill, torture or humiliate their beloved ones? And did we ever say something like, (nah we're not gonna be friends anymore)!?Among the names that are running this campaign are Sa'ad Al Bazzaz (Azzaman chief editor and owner of Al Sharqyia TV), Ayad Allawi, Ghazi Alyawir, Misha'an Al Jibori (Sunni ex-Ba'athist from Saladin), The Association of Sunni Scholars and Sadr aids (this proves their connection to the Ba'athists as they're the only She'at group calling for this not to mention their black shirts that were peculiar to Saddam's Feda'ayeen).So what we should do according to these people and those who fell into their propaganda is probably appoint Harith Al Dhari of the Sunni Scholars as the minister of interior and appoint Sadr as a minister of...culture I suppose given his background and all should be for the benefits of politicians who have chosen to appease these criminals who still to this day kidnap, torture and kill our men, women and children!It's worth mentioning that this campaign means something different according to the sect of those who call for it, as the She'at who support it mean Sadr and his people mainly while the Sunnis mean the active Ba'athists who still operate in Anbar, Mosul and Samarra.For example during Sadr's revolts it was She'at clerics mainly who called for a "peaceful solution" while in Fallujah's case it was mainly Al Yawir who led the campaign.What I'm asking for is not what some radical She'at parties call for, to use the Badr Brigade and the Peshmarga against the people of Ramadi and in the "death triangle" but instead rely on the Iraqi army and police to deal with outlaws and terrorists especially that we are soon going to have our first elected government and our first constitution. It's ironic that so many are calling for reconciliation where in fact no one had closed any doors in anyone's face. We, Iraqis where even begging them to drop arms and take part in the peaceful democratic process, and now that they have lost they want us to stop..I don't really know what to stop since we haven't done them any harm and it's exactly the opposite!I say no to any reconciliation with terrorists aids, their supporters and with the fanatics who justify their acts and with anyone linked to them closely. No reward should be given to them, as this is what they're asking, a reward and not our forgiveness. They have to apologize not us and then we should sue them for any crimes they may have committed, and after that they can run for offices like all honest and good Iraqis have and if they win, then it's just fine for us!We should fight these terrorists and fanatics that want to infiltrate the new system we want to build and ruin it from inside with their corrupt minds and with hands that are still stained with the blood of their victims. Let it take as long as it takes. It's not just a moral obligation but I see it as the only way to build a steady free democracy.