WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 - A classified National Intelligence Estimate prepared for President Bush in late July spells out a dark assessment of prospects for Iraq, government officials said Wednesday.

The estimate outlines three possibilities for Iraq through the end of 2005, with the worst case being developments that could lead to civil war, the officials said. The most favorable outcome described is an Iraq whose stability would remain tenuous in political, economic and security terms.

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I still want to believe Wolfowitz- the problem isn’t that Iraq is a bubbling cauldron of hell fire and fury, it’s that the reporters are just too scared of being viciously murdered to cover the positive things going on in Iraq- like schools getting fresh coats of paint from Halliburton. Then the second coat when someone discovers what a shitty job they did the first time.

Since the reporters don’t leave the green zone they report rumors, like 46 dead Americans so far this month. It’s this kind of reporting that leaves most Americans with the distinct impression that invading Iraq was a decidedly bad thing. We can’t have that!

C’mon! Where’s the real news? It’s getting to the point where if you want a story that tells you how great things are going in Iraq you have to watch six-month old tapes of Fox News.

They’ll be throwing candy and flowers at us any day over there, I’m sure of it!