How people got used to Moqtada al-Sadr

[Published in The Boston Globe Ideas section.] MOQTADA AL-SADR HAS been Iraq’s most recognizable villain since 2003, when he burst onto the scene as the most potent challenger to the US military occupation of Iraq. His rivals painted Sadr as a thug and an amateur, a wannabe who was lucky enough to be a member of a […]