There's this recent headline, "I no longer have power to save Iraq from civil war, warns Shia leader" and there's this one from a few days ago, "Situation Called Dire in West Iraq," with the story leading off, "The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for securing that country's western Anbar province are dim and that there is almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social situation there."

But I guess I'm "appeasing" the enemy by pointing out these stories. Shame on me.