CIA officers warn of Iraq civil war, contradicting Bush's optimism

[rodbarnett]

WASHINGTON - CIA officers in Iraq are warning that the country may be on a path to civil war, current and former U.S. officials said Wednesday, starkly contradicting the upbeat assessment that President Bush gave in his State of the Union address.


The CIA officers' bleak assessment was delivered verbally to Washington this week, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the classified information involved.

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/7765464.htm

[Sliverofhope]

1. You hardly need classified info to know this

Scenario 1: Shi'ites get general election early. Shi'a majority government put in place. Sunnis aggreived.

Scenario 2: Shi'a don't get general election and are forced to use US caucus system. Shi'a become anti-US.

Like we all said earlier.

[pinkpops]

2. who woulda thunk?

[Jaybird]

3. they should rename bushes SOTU.....

....and call it his State Of Delusion

[pinkpops]

4. good one

[countmyvote4real]

State of Delusion. Good one, Jaybird.

I'm going to start using that.

[moof]

9. That is a great line Jaybird, Welcome to

WELCOME TO DU Jaybird

Stretch out & relax,



Take a load off,



and join in the fun,

there's always room for one more loon.

[Webster Green]

5. Bush wants out in time for his re-selection.....

But a raging civil war in Iraq leading up to the election isn't going to look too good for the chimp.

We can also look forward to a civil war in THIS country if the stupid son of a bitch is re-selected. Lots of people are simply not going to put up with another four years of this bullshit.

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. stupid son of a bitch

that sums it up.

[Old and In the Way]

10. And to think this group of neocon morons had designs on the entire

Middle East.

Looks like the New American Century is coming to an abrupt close. Let's recap the damage so far:

+ Captured one defanged old tyrant that Dad installed.

Cost:

-500 American lives
-3,000+ American injuries
-10,000+ Iraqi lives
-unknown injuries
-$200BB and climbing
-Iraq now a net importer of oil (paid by the US taxpayer)
-Loss of international goodwill
-damages the credibility of future Presidents to wage war on behalf of legitimate US security.
-Al Qaeda appreciates the US help in radicalizing the State of Iraq.
-US actions enhance OBL's Al Qaeda recruiting. OBL thanks George for leaving Saudi Arabia.
-Afghanistan is backsliding into Taliban control.
-9/11 perps still not brought to justice
-US actions damages the credibility of the UN in mediating international conflicts.

Yes, I'd say the brilliant brain trust of this administration have brought forth one hell of a Pox Americana.

[pinniped]

11. Four more years of this ASSHOLE and the planet can't take it anymore.

BULLshyt the wannabe ASSHOLENAUT needs to go to Mars.

[neverforget]

7. They didn't get the memo? Everything's fine.

:eyes:

[daleo]

8. No U.S. (or coalition) deaths for a few days

Just lucky, or were people staying in base until the SOTU address was over?

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. I guess the CIA has learned something about intelligence

since Vietnam and Iran. The fall of those two countries came as a complete surprise them. I suppose it doesn't hurt to have an agent hiding behind every sand dune either.

[Cena]

13. Doesn't suprise me one bit.

[Moderator]

14. Kick

We just locked three dupes on this thread, so I'm kicking to make it more visible. :)