Iraq Moving Toward Civil War

Top U.S. Generals are warning that Iraq is quickly moving toward all-out civil war:

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East told Congress on Thursday that "Iraq could move toward civil war" if the raging sectarian violence in Baghdad is not stopped.

"I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it," Gen. John Abizaid, the commander of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. He said the top priority in the Iraq war is to secure the capital, where factional violence has surged in recent weeks despite efforts by the new Iraqi government to stop the fighting.

Probably the smartest comment about Iraq that I've heard recently was made by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Peter Pace:

"Shiite and Sunni are going to have to love their children more than they hate each other," Pace said, before the tensions can be overcome. "The weight of that must be on the Iraqi people and the Iraqi government."

Yep, exactly. We've done what we could to give those people liberty. They now have to decide whether they will live in a civilized society, or will spend their days killing each other. If they choose plan B it's time to get out and let them fight it out. The end result will likely be a partitian of the country into three countries, and I'm not sure that would be a bad thing.