IRAQ BATTING STAT

OH-FOR-THREE
And this is from a guy who wants us fighting there for YEARS!

A Civil War Iraq Can’t Win
By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN
Published: March 30, 2008
NY Times

EVEN if American and Iraqi forces are able to eliminate Al Qaeda in Iraq, there are still three worrisome possibilities of new forms of fighting that could divide Iraq and deny the United States any form of “victory.”

One is that the Sunni tribes and militias that have been cooperating with the Americans could turn against the central government. The second is that the struggle among Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and other ethnic groups to control territory in the north could lead to fighting in Kirkuk, Mosul or other areas.

The third risk — and one that is now all too real — is that the political struggle between the dominant Shiite parties could become an armed conflict.