Green Zone turns to Yellow Zone- Newsweek(Hirsh)

[Drewskie]

Thought this was interesting. Apparently they are'nt even sure about the security of the Green Zone anymore:

The evidence of those fears emerged last week when President Bush announced that 3,700 U.S. troops--the 172nd Stryker Brigade--would be shifted to Baghdad from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The move reflects genuine concern in Washington about the stability of the weak government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki--even whether the secure Green Zone that houses the new Iraqi government and U.S. officials can hold, according to a Pentagon official would speak to the media only if he were not quoted by name. “It’s now the yellow zone, not the Green Zone,” says Andrew Krepinevich, the Washington-based defense expert whose “oil spot” plan for securing Baghdad has now been adopted by the Pentagon. Some experts point to the valedictory act of the late Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi--the bombing of the Shiite Al-Askari mosque in Samarra in February--as the turning point that sent Iraq into out-of-control sectarian violence.

The rest of the article (from today) is'nt bad either:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14122053/site/newsweek/

[rubberducky]

1. We need to send Bush and friends over there

So they can try to figure out where they went so wrong on all of thier assesmentsof this occupation.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. One of my really good friends (and a liberal)...

is over there on his 2nd tour. He was supposed to be home for good in September. He just got notice that his tour is being extended 4-6 months and he's getting sent to Baghdad. I'm really worried about him. He says he's not worried, but he didn't sound that way to me.

This war needs to end now.

[longship]

3. And red states are turning blue.

nt