THE AMBASSADOR"S GRIM CABLE

Although his name appears at the bottom of the page the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Mr. Khalilzad apparently now is not the signer of the cable leaked to the media and published by the Washington Post claiming Iraq as a country is on the gloomy verge of complete disintegration. Not a surprise to those tuning into the real state of affairs on the ground but clearly a shock to the falsely confident light at the end of the tunnel viewpoint which gained steam behind the Zarquawi demise-- Every momentum conferred by met war milestones has led to an increase in attacks and the death count then ratchets upward-- Sectarian cleansing across wide swaths of territory isn't new-- Indigenous iraqis working as embassy employees nervously ask U.S. officials what contingency plans exist for their evacuation-- Checkpoint guards(iraqis) inside, yes that's right inside the green zone aren't trusted by the locals who live in constant fear their employment by the Americans will come to light and their families will be attacked and killed-- Not prominently reported or highlighted in very many newspapers apologists for the criminal neocon cabal that hijacked our government for this war are quickly attacking the messenger/leaker (whoever that might be) as another traitor hoping to deflect attention away from how dangerously grim life is everywhere in Iraq-- This information was/is readily available inside the Green Zone-- Reporters don't have to endanger themselves in the real Baghdad to access embassy employees-- Where is their overview of the country??-- The media members who leave the Green Zone to report the real situation risk life and limb and should be honored as the true heroes of their profession-- But why does it take a leaked cable from the Ambassador's office to survey such information?-- Why is anybody in the Media truly shocked??-- Or is this another professional pose??-- Today the new prime minister Mr. Malicki imposes a state of emergency on Baghdad and demands a timetable for troop withdrawal--Apparently insurgents battled in broad daylight uncomfortably close to the Green Zone fortress-- Didn't Jerry Paul Bremer once claim "We will impose our will on Iraq"-- Fat chance--News reports that weapons of mass destruction in the form of nerve gas were found are now being denied by intel officials but the damage has been done--The cable of doom lost its salient urgency and stay the course regains top media billing-- Next up, where are the democrats??-- How would they know?--And besides who cares?--