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To: Dale Baker who wrote (25833)	8/3/2006 11:19:11 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 542797

It is a horrible, immoral game where they use the lives of civilians as pawns Zbigniew Brzezinski described it as the killing of hostages. I used to like Colin Powell, but he has to stand up and tell us what he really thinks. By remaining silent, he is complicit. What does he have to lose by coming out and telling us what he really thinks - if he thinks what I think he thinks?

To: Dale Baker who wrote (25833)	8/3/2006 2:12:14 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 542797

And now not just the foreign media, not just the liberal US media but the US media as a whole is reporting what many of us knew all along. Iraq is already in a civil war not as this news post suggests "...may descend into a civil war..." It is unfortunate that many Americans do not understand foreign cultures and try to impose their line of reasoning to how events should be in those cultures. A dictator like Saddam was very much in tune with the historical dislike of the various Iraqi sects. Generals concede Iraq civil war possible ASSOCIATED PRESS August 3, 2006 Two of the Pentagon's most senior generals conceded to Congress today that the surge in sectarian violence in Baghdad in recent weeks means Iraq may descend into civil war. "Iraq could move toward civil war" if the violence is not contained, Gen. John Abizaid, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. ...read the rest at washingtontimes.com