Blog from Iraq. Very informative.

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April 15, 11:15 am EST. Baghdad, Iraq -- I'm going to come back to this when I have time, but briefly: The dominant opinion in the United States, liberal or conservative, seems to be that we can't "cut and run." Here's a survey (from April 9, but I doubt it's changed that much), saying that none of the top 20 newspapers by circulation urged U.S. withdrawal.

And I know that commentators are still using the phrase "civil war," as if to suggest that that's what's going on. It's as if there are all these violent people in Iraq causing disruptions and that's why we need the U.S. forces to "provide security" -- the latter phrase used in Bush's recent press conference.

The tiny little point that this violence was triggered by the United States, both in al-Anbar province (where Fallujah is) and with Moqtada al-Sadr, seems to be forgotten (see one of my earlier articles for this). The even more basic point that this violence is directed against the U.S. military is somehow out there in limbo as well.

http://www.zmag.org/ZNET.htm