Can You Say "Civil War"?

Admitting the obvious might not seem like a very big accomplishment. In most quarters of Washington DC, however, where delusion seems the preferable mental state, admitting the obvious is contingent upon constant reminders that the public is paying attention. As long as we stay asleep – the Congress Critters see no need to wake up.

The most simple definition of Civil War is “A war between factions or regions of the same country.”

Do not look behind the curtain, nothing to see here, move right along.

As public opinion shifts, many of the former Iraq war supporters, the pundits, are willing to utter the words “Civil War”.

The New Yorker offers a little rundown on those who are changing their tune.

“It is now obvious that we are not midwifing democracy in Iraq,” Thomas L. Friedman wrote, in the August 4th edition of the Times. “We are baby-sitting a civil war.” Friedman may not be another Walter Lippmann (just as any number of Stewarts, Olbermanns, O’Reillys, and Coopers don’t quite add up to a Cronkite), but he is the most influential foreign-affairs columnist in the country, and from the beginning he has been a critical supporter of the war. His defection is a bellwether. “The Administration now has to admit what anyone—including myself—who believed in the importance of getting Iraq right has to admit,” he wrote. “Whether for Bush reasons or Arab reasons, it is not happening, and we can’t throw more good lives after good lives.” In a Washington Post column a day earlier, the relentlessly centrist David S. Broder, citing his colleague Thomas E. Ricks’s new book, “Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq,” admitted that “the hope for victory is gone” and deplored “the answer from Bush,” which he characterized this way: “Carry on. Do not waver. And do not question the logic of prolonging the agony.”

The Washington Post agrees,

“The debate is over: By any definition, Iraq is in a state of civil war.”

Also admitting the truth, is the New York Times, which states that American soldiers in Iraq are basically just target practice for all of those people that the grand ol’ US of A has pissed off. The US foreign policy (or lack thereof) has done nothing but spread hatred towards the US all over the globe.

Enough of the obvious (I wonder who is going to tell the President?) this site is supposed to be an alternative from simply reporting the facts. This site is intended to offer some solutions to the despair that fact reading brings about.

What do we do to fight a foreign policy so devoid of reality that our starting point is forcing the politicians to admit the truth?

United for Peace and Justice has several upcoming events.

In addition, you can sign Senator Kerry’s petition here.

The Kerry-Feingold plan is a good one and can be easily reconciled with Murtha's

Murtha is quite adept at spreading reality around. A thank you note to Murtha for waking up and speaking out is also a good activity for today.