On Choosing Sides in Iraq

Now that we are hearing increasing admissions that Iraq is in a civil war, Harold Meyerson asks "Which Side Are We On?" Here's a quote:

For the Bush administration, then, any admission that the Iraqi civil war is in fact a civil war destroys whatever remains of its justification for our presence there. For while it is true that the withdrawal of our forces will probably unleash even greater sectarian mayhem, it is also true that our presence cannot stop it and that our presence there has also greatly diminished our diplomatic and military capacity to accomplish anything else anyplace else.