No civil war in Iraq, insists Bush - but Pentagon differs

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No civil war in Iraq, insists Bush - but Pentagon differs

While 68 Iraqis have died in two days, the President talks up military success with an eye on the mid-term elections. Meanwhile, defence chiefs are ever more fearful of another Vietnam

Paul Harris in New York
Sunday September 3, 2006
The Observer
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1863851,00.html

President Bush yesterday denied that Iraq was plunging into civil war, just a day after the Pentagon painted a bloody picture of a nation caught in a spiral of increasing violence.

His statement appears to widen the gap between the political message coming from a White House concerned about upcoming mid-term elections and a military establishment fearful of getting caught in another Vietnam.

In his weekly radio address to the nation, Bush lashed out at critics of the war and portrayed the conflict in Iraq as an integral part of the war on terror. He said the country was not sliding into civil war.

'Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war. They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence,' he said.

That may be true, but the tone of Bush's speech was deeply at odds with a Pentagon report released late on Friday, which showed Iraqi casualties had soared by more than 50 per cent in recent months. The Pentagon often releases bad news late in the week in order to minimise press coverage and the study certainly made for grim reading.

[Webster Green]

1. He is a clear and present danger to our country...

He needs to be removed from office before he can do any more harm.

Impeachment is too lengthy a process. They need to put that mutherfucker in a straightjacket and drag him out of the White House.

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2. Hmmm ....

Violence, distinct organized groups attempting to seize power in a country, militarization of the populous (citizen militia's), foreign powers supporting particular groups ... all occurring with in the borders of a country.

No, no Chimpy this isn't civil war ... in your deluded reality, that is.

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3. Bush is sweating becoming lame duck Prez, elections look to produce

many new invetigations with Dems in Control of House and/or senate.
After November Bush loses power and he freegin knows it, watch the gaS PRICES GET DOWN TO $1.99 PER GALLON!