NYT 9/16-U.S. Intelligence Shows Pessimism on Iraq's Future

[Richardson08]

The New York Times got a hold of report concerning Iraq's future

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.

"There's a significant amount of pessimism," said one government official who has read the document, which runs about 50 pages.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/politics/16intel.html?pagewanted=1&hp

[A_Possum]

1. 50 pages??

Bush would never read that far.

[troublemaker]

2. Now HERE's a story. Thanks for posting

[Richardson08]

3. This is the opening for Kerry

Iraq is a mess and they are once again misleading the American people they are supposed to protect and serve by telling them everything is OK

Even Richard Luger and Chuck Hagel are quoted in the story expressing their feelings on Iraq