Are We Really THAT Naïve?

The New York Times has some details on the killing of four "contractors" in Iraq:

...It appears that the four private security contractors killed, burned and mutilated in Falluja last week were in fact lured into a carefully planned ambush by men they believed to be friendly members of the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps, according to Patrick Toohey, a senior executive at the security firm, Blackwater USA.

Here's the pretty bizarre take on this from our Commander in the field:

Gen. John P. Abizaid, the top American commander in the Middle East, spoke openly of his worries about the Iraqi security and police forces, now numbering more than 200,000.

"There's no doubt that terrorists and insurgents will attempt to infiltrate the security forces," he said. "We know it's happening, and we know it has happened. We attempt to do our best with regard to vetting people."

Is that the extent of his knowledge?

And:

\...The four Falluja deaths and other clashes involving private security guards have prompted fresh questions about the scores of security companies working in Iraq on contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars. With thousands of private security employees now guarding supply lines, buildings and reconstruction projects — and with thousands more on the way — they are increasingly being drawn into firefights and other combat situations that traditionally have been left to the military.

No shit. If this is the best intelligence we've got, after having been in Iraq for a year now...what else can you say?

Bush has opened the floodgate in Iraq. It is now the good, the bad, and the ugly, all in competition, all with an equal chance of winning--and all undefined. The winner will make the history. One thing's pretty certain: that WON'T be George W. Bush.

Maybe Iraq has a good side afterall.