Anything but a Civil War.

But I thought they were being violent to affect the US election.

The Bush administration charged yesterday that the escalating violence in Iraq committed by both Shiites and Sunnis over the past two days is a "brazen effort" to bring down the fragile government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Or was it Ramadan? Or was it because of the naming of Defense and Interior Ministers? Or was it because of the the arrival of Maliki? Or was it for their elections?

One rationale after another, we've had a year of blaming the violence on something. Why not recognize it for what it is, a civil war for power and influence?

So long as we misdiagnose, the patient will continue to get worse.