I think Bush is preparing the American people for an all-out disaster in Iraq

You don't get two top generals warning of a possible "civil war" in Iraq on the same day unless their words were scripted. These are not folks known for their spontaneity, or honesty, particularly as it pertains to this war. So the fact that they're even talking about a civil war - when we all know that Iraq is already in a civil war - tells us something.

And what it tells us is that Iraq is lost, Bush now knows it's lost, and his generals are throwing out trial balloons to the American people, slowly getting us accustomed to the idea that Iraq may fail. Sure, it already has failed, so the generals are lying like the good banana republic generals they are, but still, there's movement in their message, and that is most certainly not a coincidence.