Tim Hudson

Tim Hudson #15 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the New York Mets during their game at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Tim Hudson #15 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the New York Mets during their game at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Tim Hudson #15 of the Atlanta Braves pitches against the New York Mets during their game at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.the United States allied itself with the Iran-backed ISCI instead of the popularly-supported Sadr movement. (Hint to those historians: it's because they dress well and speak English. This is what happens when you send smart but young Republican loyalists – who only speak English – to help run the new government in Baghdad.) Once again, we have backed the loser:

American military and civilian officials were candid in telling me that the governors and other local officials installed by the central government in Basra and elsewhere in southern

Iraq had no popular base. If open local and provincial elections were held, they said, Dawa and the Islamic Supreme Council were likely to be routed because they were seen as having failed to bring development and government services.

So where does this