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Thursday, March 09, 2006

US Ambassodor to Iraq: We Opened Pandora's Box

The US ambassador to Baghdad conceded yesterday that the Iraq invasion had opened a Pandora's box of sectarian conflicts which could lead to a regional war and the rise of religious extremists who "would make Taliban Afghanistan look like child's play".

And even tho we are quite stupid about some things (see Darwin story below), most Americans have this story straight:

"An opinion poll published by the Washington Post and ABC News yesterday suggested that most Americans agreed with Mr Khalilzad - with 80% saying civil war in Iraq was likely, and more than a third that it was very likely. More than half thought the US should start withdrawing its troops, although only one in six wanted all troops to be withdrawn immediately."

So I imagine most of those folks would disagree with the Ambassador's being in Washington, as the Guardian implies, to ask for more US troops for a longer period of time.

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