1/31/2003

“By the end of January 2003, the [War College] Strategic Studies Institute produced a report that noted that ‘ethnic, tribal and religious schisms could produce civil war or fracture the state [Iraq] after Saddam is deposed.’ ” Additionally, ” ‘The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace in Iraq is real and serious.’ ” [The 31st of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]

 – Michael Isikoff and David Corn, Hubris, Pages 197-198