From: John Cuccia 

I wonder if history will dub the invasion of Iraq as Bush's Folly? The US
Marine Corps is considerably less optimistic about the chances of success
(at least in western Iraq) than are the President and his apologists.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/4176809.html
WASHINGTON - The chief of intelligence for the Marine Corps in Iraq
recently filed an unusual secret report concluding that the prospects for
securing that country's western Anbar province are dim and that there is
almost nothing the U.S. military can do to improve the political and social
situation there, said several military officers and intelligence officials
familiar with its contents.

and


Devlin reports that there are no functioning Iraqi government institutions
in Anbar, leaving a vacuum that has been filled by al-Qaida in Iraq, which
has become the province's most significant political force, said the Army
officer, who has read the report.

Devlin offers a series of reasons for the situation, including a lack of
U.S. and Iraqi troops, said people who have read it. These people said he
reported that not only are military operations facing a stalemate, unable
to extend and sustain security beyond the perimeters of their bases, but
local governments in the province have collapsed, and the weak central
government has almost no presence.

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