Some good news in Iraq

Whatever positives may still come from the Iraq war will be the results of numerous military personnel far removed from the Pentagon and the White House and Sistani.

The Los Angeles Times:

BAGHDAD — Iraq's senior Shiite Muslim religious figure Thursday called on the country's controversial militias to disarm, marking one of the most overt forays into matters of politics and policy by the influential cleric.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, regarded as the moral voice of Iraq's Shiite majority, called for a government of technocrats rather than political loyalists or sectarian interests and said that only government forces should be permitted to carry weapons on the streets.