Having Said that.....
after such an outburst (see below), i also remember a couple of key things about this uprising...

1) every militant they kill over there, won't be a militant coming over here to kill us. at least the coalition is fighting them on their own ground, amongst the people who sympathize with these idiots. we're not exporting the war...and neither are they anymore. if you wanna party, we're smashing up your house. not mine.
2) the US is strong. if sadr the hadr wants to tangle, he's not going to last, and neither will his child/indigant army he has thrown together....they won't last and they won't be along for long ...hopefully.