The ME is analog, not digital; binary counts for little.

The ISCI versus Sadr conflict is far deeper than "one is backed by Iran and the other is popularly supported." Nor is it a given that we have backed a loser. I'd also suggest the issues involved are far more complex than the simplistic bit about fat politicians having a greater share of oil revenue. Everyone wants to simplify this to sound bites and prior history elsewhere in the world. Won't work. Good luck, folks, it's the ME and nothing is as it seems...

"Tell me how this ends." Heh. Too early to tell. At least 20 years too early...

Get used to it.