War of Words

"By Joseph L. Galloway
McClatchy Tribune News Service

As the civil war in Iraq fast approaches terminal velocity, the Bush administration is fighting a war of words, and it seems to be losing that one, too.

An administration once famous for sticking to “the message” like a burr on a fuzzy dog is now all over the map, speaking out of both sides of every mouth.

It’s a civil war. Is not. Is too.

Last week, we were fighting a homegrown Sunni Muslim insurgency in Iraq. This week, we’re fighting a war that’s largely the creation of al Qaeda foreign terrorists. Meanwhile, while we debate what the meaning of civil war is, the war between Iraqi Shiites and Iraqi Sunnis spirals beyond anyone’s control."
Michael Yon