They're saying it seems a bit muddy there. But, according to them, it's always a bit of rough going in quagmire. The key is in the tense - NOW that they're there.

They didn't predict the quagmire, the resistance of Iraqis. As a matter of fact, GWB & Co. predicted there would be no quicksand, or quagmire, and Rumsfeld continues to deny that reality.

Prior to the aggression this was predicted by folks who knew the region. And just made sense. The US had been continuously bombing Iraq ever since '90, the sanctions were starving the people and leaving Saddam unharmed, and the US wasn't loved then.

And since then hasn't done much to warm the cockles of their hearts, whatever they are.

I'll read the citations, though. You DO post fascinating stuff.

Arf