Annan on Iraq

By Michael J.W. Stickings

A quick addendum to my recent post on the civil war in Iraq -- and, yes, it's a civil war, no matter what they tell you. According to the Post, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan was asked about civil war, and he said this:

Given the developments on the ground, unless something is done drastically and urgently to arrest the deteriorating situation, we could be there. In fact, we are almost there.

Almost? Annan's clearly not delusional, unlike Bush et al., but what exactly will it take before the doubters come to see that the civil war in Iraq is already well underway? What imaginary line still needs to be crossed?