When the June 30th date was set it seemed like a long way off- plenty of time for those insurgents to lay down their weapons and start throwing roses at our boys instead of bullets. Plenty of time for them to come around to our way of thinking. Well… it hasn’t exactly worked out that way.

Iraq is now on the brink of civil war. In the wake of increased violence the President has held firm on the June 30th hand over date.

The date will change- it’s unfortunate, but it will. I just wish the President once in a while could look at the reality of the situation and make some intelligent judgments. I’m nobody, and I can see that Iraq isn’t ready for this- particularly on a timetable based on when the US elections are held.

June 30th is a date which would have been ideal if everything in Iraq had gone according to the Bush administration’s original “cake-walk” plan, which, as I’m sure you know, involved Iraqis gazing lovingly at our soldiers as we freed them by bombing the shit out of them. That lovely scene, then pretty pictures of Bush at the handover ceremony months later, cheering on the new government of a free and happy Iraq.

It’s going to be moved back, or Iraq will implode into a civil war. It’s sadly that simple. It’s not that I want this to happen- I don’t. Just looking at the situation, that’s the obvious conclusion to draw. Unfortunately the President can’t seem to grasp it.