The Wall Street Journal has a fine editorial today (linked on NRO’s homepage Hot Links) about the Iraqi prime minister and the American GI who has been taken captive, apparently by Shiite militiamen, probably connected to Moqtada Sadr.

Many of us have zero confidence in Maliki, and have repeatedly noted his ties to Sadr, cozy relations with Iran’s Ahmadinejad, and enthusiastic support for Hezbollah. Others counter that he is the right man for this time, that these troublesome affiliations go with the perilous terrain in Iraq, and that the Bush administration’s expressions of confidence in him are well founded.

Well, he says he’s going to take action on the Shiite militias. Here’s his chance to start doing it. What is he going to do to secure the return of our soldier — one of the 150,000 or so over there who, at great personal sacrifice, are giving him, and all Iraqis, a chance to have a country?