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February 2, 2007
No Surprise Here
A long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, presented to President Bush by the intelligence community yesterday, outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility of further deterioration, according to sources familiar with the document.In a discussion of whether Iraq has reached a state of civil war, the 90-page classified NIE comes to no conclusion and holds out prospects of improvement. But it couches glimmers of optimism in deep uncertainty about whether the Iraqi leaders will be able to transcend sectarian interests and fight against extremists, establish effective national institutions and end rampant corruption.
The document emphasizes that although al-Qaeda activities in Iraq remain a problem, they have been surpassed by Iraqi-on-Iraqi violence as the primary source of conflict and the most immediate threat to U.S. goals. Iran, which the administration has charged with supplying and directing Iraqi extremists, is mentioned but is not a focus.
Completion of the estimate, which projects events in Iraq over the next 18 months, comes amid intensifying debate and skepticism on Capitol Hill about the administration's war policy.
It's really time to bring our troops home. It's past time in fact. Bush and his money hungry buddies have failed at every turn and our presence there is merely making us more reviled throughout the world and making the situation much worse. Bush has no solid plan to help the situation, he never did. Nor does he have any plans to keep our brave troops safe, cutting their funding at every turn. He'll never admit he's wrong because arrogance doesn't allow such admission, but it's time for the rest of our country to stand up and force him to the right thing. There is more than enough evidence to impeach this yahoo, let's get to it!
Found via the Washington Post.
Posted by Dianne at February 2, 2007 10:26 AM
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