Schieffer saying it plainly: Iraq has been plunged into civil war.

[karlrschneider]

...

[Geoff R. Casavant]

1. Iraq has been in a civil war

in all but name since the summer of 2003. Now it's just official.

[karlrschneider]

2. Sure, we all knew that but I don't remember any SCLM saying it out loud

:eyes:

[FreedomAngel82]

8. Yep

Thanks Georgie!

[izzie]

3. At the rate they are going they will be sorry Saddam lost

Poor people. Between us and him we have really made a mess.

[Poiuyt]

5. Well, I'll say it

The world was a better place with Saddam Hussein in power. Maybe his political opponents are better off now, but the rest of the world is not. That country needs a strongman.

[izzie]

7. For people who live as tribes a strong man was needed

Not that I like Saddam or how he treated his people but letting a tribal leader rule has been with these people a long time. Hard to stop that.It is like we were at the start of this country. We had sort of some say on how we were gov. for 100's of years so what we did was within our framework. Well we started pushing for rights back to King John. Your history does count as you move to wards things.

[Faygo Kid]

4. I can hear Condi now: "Who could have predicted this?"

Who could have predicted Katrina? Who could have predicted the Hamas victory? I don't need to go on, I am sure. This was inevitable.

[zippy890]

6. its official

'the uphill battle has just gotten more uphill' (in Iraq)
;(

bring our people home now, let them sort it out