According to the NY Daily News, the Congressional Research Service (go here for publicly available reports) issued a report on August 15 about Iraq that comes to this realistic conclusion:
Iraq government near collapse, secret report says
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Thursday, September 6th 2007, 4:00 AM
"My assessment is that because of the number and breadth of parties boycotting the cabinet, the Iraqi government is in essential collapse," Kenneth Katzman, the author of the report, said. "That argues against any real prospects for political reconciliation."Without a political infrastructure in Iraq, any military progress would be short-lived, he added.
Katzman, who grew up in Long Island, also challenged the success of the Baghdad Security Plan, known as the troop "surge," which President Bush claims is working.
"I would even question the military progress," he said.
Many senior State Department officials in Iraq believe a political solution to the war is now "hopeless," according to a top diplomat. "I would agree with that," Katzman said.
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