I was speaking tongue in cheek, dianavan. Bush doesn't fear civil war in Iraq, he is fomenting it. Not only is it now the publicly stated intention of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim to form an alliance with Iran, but also the countries mentioned in today's Times article I quote from above.

In other words, he is talking about forming a regional security coalition of Muslim countries to replace the American and British troops, and keep the UN out. A regional coalition of Muslim countries would be a tremendous threat to the region and the world. But then, Bush doesn't mind that. It just gives him another excuse to invade and occupy the entire region.

Which will take a draft, of course, but that's OK. We can all just kneel down and pray our kids won't have low numbers.