| The ambassador's dire talk of a possible worst-case scenario in Iraq that would make Taliban Afghanistan "look like child's play" is in stark contrast to the president's consistently rosy platitudes about the marvels of an emerging democracy on the Tigris. The administration's assumption that the war would lead to the building of a prosperous and democratic Iraq that would be the envy of the entire Middle East is looking rather dubious now, as its own ambassador is pointing out. |
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