Froomkin: It's A Civil War, Stupid

Oh, good lord, it has been a civil war for over a year!

Just because the goofball in the White House is delusional, must the MSM enable him and continue to come-off appearing as stupid as he apparently is?

I guess NBC just couldn't handle it anymore. Good for them. Too bad they waited this long to state the obvious.

White House Briefing -- News on President George W Bush and the Bush Administration - washingtonpost.com:

After nearly four years of letting the Bush Administration set the terms of the national debate over Iraq, some major news organizations are finally calling the conflict there what it is: a civil war. The White House is howling in protest.

Here's what Matt Lauer announced on NBC's Today Show this morning: 'As you know, for months now the White House has rejected claims that the situation in Iraq has deteriorated into civil war. And for the most part, news organizations, like NBC, have hesitated to characterize it as such. But, after careful consideration, NBC News has decided the change in terminology is warranted -- that the situation in Iraq, with armed militarized factions fighting for their own political agendas, can now be characterized as civil war.'