"The National Intelligence Council presented President Bush this summer with several pessimistic scenarios regarding the security situation in Iraq, including the possibility of a civil war there before the end of 2005.
At worst, the official said, were "trend lines that would point to a civil war." The official said it "would be fair" to call the document "pessimistic."
The intelligence estimate, which was prepared for Bush, considered the window of time between July and the end of 2005. But the official noted that the document draws on intelligence community assessments from January 2003, before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent deteriorating security situation there.
The estimate appears to differ from the public comments of Bush and his senior aides who speak more optimistically about the prospects for a peaceful and free Iraq. "We're making progress on the ground," Bush said at his Texas ranch late last month."
This is astounding. Our official intelligence community is telling Bush that he has caused a DISASTER. And it's worse than that, since this report was written when the situation was a bit BETTER than it is now.
And Bush's only response is to publicly bullshit, and play "put on a happy face" for the TV cameras.
And everybody KNOWS that he's doing that, and LYING about what a disaster he created.
And the So-Called Liberal Media is giving him a free pass on it.
The most gigantic foreign policy blunder since God Knows When - maybe EVER - and the media won't treat it like it's a big story.
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