And the War Came?

"Grisly attacks and other sectarian violence unleashed by last week's bombing of a Shiite Muslim shrine have killed more than 1,300 Iraqis, making the past few days the deadliest of the war outside of major U.S. offensives, according to Baghdad's main morgue." While the Iraqi cabinet disputes the 1300 figure as "inaccurate and exaggerated," the news from Baghdad is still tragic and horrifying: After the bombing of the Golden Mosque last week, Iraq appears to be in freefall, with 68 more casualties just today, and civil war looms. Dubya's response so far: Civil war won't happen, and, if it does, it's y'all's problem.