An assessment of the sectarian strategy for civil war of the "resistance"

Over at Normblog Jeff Weintraub assesses the sectarian strategy of the “resistance” in Iraq: “the targets of its attacks are overwhelmingly Iraqi Shiite Arabs - not just political figures, government workers, policemen, members of the Iraqi National Guard, people accused of working with the Americans, doctors, and other educated professionals, but also Shiite religious leaders, pilgrims, funeral processions, and random ordinary civilians.” He rightly concludes that “Non-Iraqis who support the insurgency and describe it as a legitimate national 'resistance' should ask themselves whether they really favour mass murder of civilians carried out in order to restore fascist dictatorship (or an Islamist replacement) and rule by the traditionally dominant ethnic minority.”