Monday, February 05, 2007

Four Wars

Mo Dowd:

At a Pentagon briefing yesterday, Bob Gates rebuffed the idea of a civil war, saying: “I think that the words ‘civil war’ oversimplify a very complex situation in Iraq. I believe that there are essentially four wars going on in Iraq. One is Shia on Shia, principally in the south. The second is sectarian conflict, principally in Baghdad, but not solely. Third is the insurgency, and fourth is Al Qaeda.”

That’s a relief, all right — we’re in four wars in Iraq and threatening another with Iran.

I intended to add something to this, but I am at a loss.

1 comment:

Steve M. said...

Well, it looks as if we're trying to make the U.S. versus Iran into the fifth war taking place in Iraq.