Today's NYT carries an op-ed from Thomas Friedman, ace war reporter and ardent supporter of globalization, on his recent experiences embedded with US forces in Iraq. He gushed: "I did see something here that could help to stabilize Iraq...the willingness of the Sunni tribes...to work side by side with American soldiers".
I wonder if Friedman managed to get a look at the recently released National Intelligence Estimate. I know its only the most authoritative assessment on the situation in Iraq the US intelligence community could muster, but I think its assessment might be more trust worthy that anecdotal evidence from an embedded neo-con. The NIE states that Sunni groups are not even joining forces with the US to fight their mutual enemy, Al Qaeda: "Sunni Arab resistance to AQI has expanded in the last six to nine months but has not yet translated into broad Sunni Arab support for the Iraqi Government or widespread willingness to work with the Shia".
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You have too much time on your hands maxime!
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