Fantasy Land.

This from the AP:

"Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he would not engage in "fantasy land" speculation about a possible U.S. attack on
Iran' name=c1> SEARCHNews News Photos Images Web' name=c3> Iran, though he said the Bush administration is concerned about Tehran's nuclear ambitions. "

This is wise. One should be involved in only one fantasy land at a time, and right now, that is an Iraq in which there is no civil war and in which we are making progress. In this magical place, lots of factions that hate each other will form a national unity government, and then the democracy fairies will sprinkle a special dust that will make the Mahdi Army, the Badr Brigades, Zarqawi and the former Bathists all put down their weapons and engage in civil national debate.

Meanwhile in the real Iraq, Shiite hit squads kill Sunnis and each other to the tune of 50 to 60 freshly executed corpses a day. Don't even mentions those killed by Sunni insurgents. Individual neighborhoods in Baghdad have armed their own militias and will fire upon Iraqi police if they try to come into neighborhoods without US or Iraqi Army escort. The leading trade in Iraq? Guns, ammo and RPGs.

Allawi, the former interim PM, whose ticket won 9 percent of the vote says his secular party in a minority government is the only hope for a united Iraq. Guess he isn't invited to fantasy land any more.