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Colin Powel Supports Doctor Leon’s Iraq Assessment
November 29, 2006

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said today “civil war” describes Iraq now. Thank you Colin, for confirming my previously published assessment.

Concurrent with Powell’s six-month-late revelation, a senior Pentagon official announced the U.S. military will move at least three more battalions of American soldiers into the Iraqi capital.

This raises some interesting questions for which the American people need credible answers. Since Iraq is now confirmed to be in a state of civil war (who could doubt the word of Colin Powell), what is the purpose of sending more American soldiers into Baghdad to die? Which side of the civil war are we on?

Do we favor the Sunnis or the Shi’ites? This is a real paradox. If we lean towards the Shi'ites, that endears us to Iran, but alienates Saudi Arabia. We need Saudi Arabia’s influence with the oil cartel and of course the Saudi Arabian oil. If we lean towards the Sunnis, Iran would certainly send more terrorists into Iraq on the side of the Shi’ites. There is no possible solution to this dilemma.

Why more troops in Baghdad? Are we providing marksmanship targets for the opposing forces? Common sense dictates it might be better for Sunnis and Shi’ites to be shooting at themselves than us. Shouldn't we prefer the current practice of both opposing factions practicing on their own police forces?

It is time for every American soldier to be withdrawn from Iraq. Let the Iraqi people wake up tomorrow morning with their most earnest wish; all Americans out of their country. They can then fight it out amongst themselves and our military can move on to more pressing issues like building a fence along the U.S./Canadian border to keep out all of the less-expensive prescription drugs so desperately required by our ageing population on fixed incomes.

(Colin, just because you agree with me (and I sincerely thank you for that); I hope your sudden entry into the semantic fray over civil war in Iraq does not represent a “test the waters” ploy on your part for the next presidential race. We want an HONEST president (and vice president) the next time around.)

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