Tuesday, July 31, 2007
George says al-Qaeda, the military says Shiite militias
And I say, with apologies to Cole Porter, if they can't agree, let's call the whole thing off.
Despite President Bush's recent insistence that al Qaida in Iraq is the principal cause of this country's violence, senior American military officers here say Shiite Muslim militias are a bigger problem, and one that will persist even if al Qaida is defeated.The first big mistake was thinking any rationale from the Bushoviks was rational. And from there the other mistakes lead to our current quagmire. And if you don't believe me, note how far apart the Bushovik thinking is from the position of the professionals on the ground in Iraq.
"The longer-term threat to Iraq is potentially the Shiite militias," one senior military officer said, echoing concerns that other American officials raised in recent interviews with McClatchy Newspapers.
Military officers hail the fact that violence is down as evidence that their campaign against al Qaida in Iraq is succeeding. But there's no sign of reconciliation between Sunni Muslims and Shiites, the rationale the Bush administration cites for increasing the number of U.S. troops in the country.
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