Whoa! AP paints a devastating portrait ::: "U.S. intel report: Iraq spiraling down"

[jefferson_dem]

U.S. intel report: Iraq spiraling down
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The U.S. acknowledged Friday that Iraq is spiraling downward, with sectarian animosity growing and new Iraqi troops being added too slowly in a precarious mix that could draw the country's neighbors into the violence if American troops leave.

The sobering assessment from the National Intelligence Council was seen by congressional Democrats — and some Republicans — as new evidence that President Bush's Iraq policy is failing.

"I do not see anything so far in the report that suggests the president's new plan is a winning strategy that protects America's national interest," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nevada.

Yet top Bush administration officials said the intelligence assessment reinforced their view that the United States cannot leave Iraq. At a news conference, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he knew no one on Capitol Hill who believed that leaving the country in chaos "would have anything other than very serious and negative consequences for the United States and for the region."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq

[MadMaddie]

1. Sigh.....

Everyday we hear more an dmore news that puts our troops in more danger...

They are going to attack Iran and they don't care about the consequences to Iraq.

[bdamomma]

2. the news just sucked tonite

we just need to get out, and this idiot of man is asking for 245B for more wars, someone has to kick him out. We are in a very dark hole right now.

[PDJane]

4. I am seriously hoping

That this is the last gasp of a failed ideology.

[Skip Intro]

3. They use their own deceit and incompetence as an excuse for further deceit and incompetence.

Its should be repeated in every sentence uttered about our Iraq quagmire BUSH and the REPUBLICS got us into this, lied to us to do so.

It kills me that their argument for staying is because they screwed up so badly that it would be worse for us to leave.

they use the result of their their own deceit, untrustworthiness and incompetence as a reason to believe and trust their competence. Makes my head hurt. STFU already.

[jefferson_dem]

6. ...and i've heard that bastard Hannity say that if we are forced to leave early

blood will be on the OUR (i.e. the Dem's) hands. Whatever nastiness happens - the violence, the genocide, the raping and pilliaging - will be OUR fault! Words cannot express ... :grr:

[Bluebear]

5. K/R

[babylonsister]

7. Wake the hell up, Congress. This affects us all. nt

[LiberalFighter]

8. The reason is plan is failing...

he is not personally showing them what they are suppose to do. If he demonstrates how he cleans up the brush like he does at his ranch then the Iraqi mess will get cleaned up faster.

[mw]

9. Wow! Whooda thunk it? That Iraq would fail so miserably?

Oh yea. I forgot. EVERYBODY, including Russia, Germany, France, 90 percent of the UN, and over half the US population thought so.

Only George "intelligence gap" Bush and his neocon handlers didn't see it.

[USA_1]

10. Throught Many Web Forums, Right Wingers Say ...

... that Iraq is going along smoothly and that Democrats are unpatriotic for daring to say that it is chaotic.

No reply on those forums from too many Dems.

[kineneb]

11. que the helicopters n/t