Friday, August 24, 2007
43's Last Chance Saloon
Also known by it's previous name, the Iraq Nam Gardens is drawing a lot of interest as we creep into September. If you stop in, thirsty traveler, don't stay for a drink. This is the best you can get.
One way to look at the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq released this week is to review what it describes as the best-case scenario.The dancing girls are poxed, the games are rigged and the whiskey barrels have snake heads and gunpowder mixed in for flavor. The smartest thing any man or woman can do is beat feet out of there and burn down the house.
In that scenario, Iraq's security will improve modestly over the next six to 12 months, but violence across the country will remain high. The U.S.-backed central government will grow more fragile and remain unable to govern. Shiite and Sunni Muslims will continue their bitter feuding. All sides will position themselves for an eventual American departure.
In Iraq, best-case scenarios have rarely, if ever, come to pass.
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