could it be "civil war"??????

here's what our so called pres says.......
President Bush told Wolf Blitzer that he "rejects the notion that [Iraq] is in civil war" and that he "can't learn it from the newscasts" and instead trusts "the commanders on the ground" for their assessments.
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this video of Michael Ware from Iraq is stunning.......he is risking his
life to tell us the truth.
Michael Ware on Iraqi Civil
War

more Michael and wanna-be's.....

Time reporter, Michael Ware,: Iraqi resistance finely organized, cutthroat

Monday, December 8, 2003

SPECIAL REPORT
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Attacks on coalition forces in Iraq are expected to increase leading up to the transfer of power in July, according to the top commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Time magazine reporter Michael Ware gained exclusive access to the Iraqi insurgents, spending months with them for this week's cover story. Ware shared his experiences and observations Monday with CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien




.............These guys, some of them are from the Fedayeen. Indeed, the leader of this unit is a former Fedayeen. They're very cutthroat. These guys mean business and they're blood thirsty. But the bulk of the commanders and the bulk of the fighters are former military, former intelligence, former security staff. These men are well trained and committed. The Fedayeen are fighting for revenge and for the dream that one day perhaps, Saddam fantastically might come back. However the ex-military officers are fighting, as they say, for Iraq. Saddam or not, they want foreign occupiers off their soil and they're going about it with some precision. Certainly a lot more than we've seen before.
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interesting reporting on presidental wanna-be's...........can these rethugs be painted paletable by 2008????

..........Senator John Warner (R-VA) made that observation in a November 15 meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which he chairs, when he noted that Sunday would mark the day when U.S. involvement in Iraq exceeded that of World War II. "I remember the period well. I was a young sailor in the following year of that war," said Warner of World WarII. "And accordingly, I note that on November 26th, 2006, this year,but a few days away, our involvement in Iraq will surpass the length of this historic World War II period."America's only longer wars have been the Vietnam War (eight years, five months), the Revolutionary War (six years, nine months), and the Civil War (four years). At least 300 Iraqis were killed over the extended weekend, including 200 in a series of bombings on Thursday. Six Sunnis were burned alive by Shiite militiamen on Friday after leaving worship services -- and right in front of Iraqi soldiers who did not intervene.Meanwhile, two U.S. Marines were killed Saturday in Anbar province, raising to at least 2,875 the number of U.S. servicemen who have died since the beginning of the Iraq war. Fifty-six American troops have died so far in November.

One of the only Republicans in Congress with a shred of integrity when it
comes to this war is Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel, who has been a steady critic of the Bush administration's conduct of the war for the last two years. Writing in a Washington Post editorial yesterday that "the future of Iraq was always going to be determined by the Iraqis -- not the Americans," Hagel made the point that "there will be no military victory or military solution for Iraq."Here's more from Hagel: "The time for more U.S. troops in Iraq has passed. We do not have more troops to send and, even if we did, they would not bring a resolution to Iraq. Militaries are built to fight and win wars, not bind together failing nations. We are once again learning a very hard lesson in foreign affairs: America cannot impose a democracy on any nation -- regardless of our noble purpose. "We have misunderstood, misread, misplanned and mismanaged our honorable intentions in Iraq with an arrogant self-delusion reminiscent of Vietnam. Honorable intentions are not policies and plans.Iraq belongs to the 25 million Iraqis who live there. They will decide their fate and form of government." Near the end of his column, Hagel says what most Americans now understand: "The United States must begin planning for a phased troop withdrawal from Iraq." This kind of realism has never been much of a surprise coming from someone like Hagel who, unlike most in the Bush administration, is actually aVeteran who has seen combat.

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