There are understandable political reasons for the president to avoid the conclusion that a civil war in Iraq is underway, and has been for months. Nonetheless, politics aside, there reaches a point when the denial of the obvious serves no purpose other than to demonstrate that the president simply is living in a world of his own.
Bush: Iraq Has Not Fallen Into Civil War: "'Our commanders and diplomats on the ground believe that Iraq has not descended into a civil war,' Bush said Saturday in his weekly radio address. 'They report that only a small number of Iraqis are engaged in sectarian violence, while the overwhelming majority want peace and a normal life in a unified country.'"
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