Bob Woodward reports that in a November 2006 meeting, CIA Director Michael Hayden told the Iraq Study Group, "the inability of the government to govern seems irreversible," and that he could not "point to any milestone or checkpoint where we can turn this thing around."
Woodward says Hayden listed the main sources of violence in this order: "the insurgency, sectarian strife, criminality, general anarchy and, lastly, al-Qaeda." On Wednesday, Tony Snow began his press briefing by saying, "the number one enemy in Iraq is al Qaeda," before calling the White House press corps 'defeatists.'
The generals have been told to call al-Qaeda the main enemy, or more properly, to call all the enemies our forces face 'al-Qaeda', so they do. Tony Snow has been told to lie about it, so he does.
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