Civil war in Iraq?

Ralph Peters, a correspondent with the New York Post, is currently riding with the 506 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, in Baghdad, and reports his observations on the "civil war" in Iraq that we keep hearing about. Here's an excerpt:

Let me tell you what I saw anyway. Rolling with the "instant Infantry" gunners of the 1st Platoon of Bravo Battery, 4-320 Field Artillery, I saw children and teenagers in a Shia slum jumping up and down and cheering our troops as they drove by. Cheering our troops.

All day - and it was a long day - we drove through Shia and Sunni neighborhoods. Everywhere, the reception was warm. No violence. None.

And no hostility toward our troops. Iraqis went out of their way to tell us we were welcome.

This report certainly flies in the face of the media's general assertion that Iraq is fraught with sectarian violence and disdain, or even hatred, for our troops.

Go read the whole thing.