The Foreign Minister of Iraq's puppet government cites potential civil war if U.S. pulls out

will somebody please tell this guy that the civil war has been underway for quite some time now and that he needs somebody else to write him a new talking point...?

Iraq's foreign minister warned on Monday that a quick American military withdrawal from the country could lead to civil war and the collapse of the government, as pressure on the Bush administration for a pullout grows.

oh, btw, the government is pretty much ready to collapse anyway...

juan cole...

CBS News is reporting that on July 15, the Sunni Arab Iraqi Accord Front will call a vote of no confidence in the Iraqi parliament against prime minister Nuri al-Maliki. CBS says that Sunni vice president Tariq al-Hashimi, who is spear-heading this move, met with US VP Dick Cheney and that Cheney may have approved the move.

nonetheless, we have folks like the esteemed senator from south carolina, lindsey graham, still insisting on just how well things are going over there...

“The military part of the surge is working beyond my expectations,” Graham said. “We literally have the enemy on the run. The Sunni part of Iraq has really rejected al-Qaida all over the country. We’re getting more information about al-Qaida operations than we’ve ever received.”

just another day of fighting and dying...

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