U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has appealed for immediate steps to prevent Iraq from “crumbling into all-out civil war.” Uh-huh, Civil War. Annan’s appeal came in the midst of the Iraq Study Group beginning two days of “intensive behind-closed-doors deliberations yesterday as the White House conceded that Iraq has moved into a dangerous new phase of warfare requiring changes in strategy.”

“Given the developments on the ground, unless something is done drastically and urgently to arrest the deteriorating situation, we could be there. In fact, we are almost there,” Annan said when a reporter asked about the prospects of civil war in Iraq.

The Bush administration is still ignoring the notion of civil war in Iraq, yet…

National security adviser Stephen J. Hadley told reporters traveling to Estonia with President Bush: “Obviously, everyone would agree things are not proceeding well enough or fast enough.” Washington must find ways to “adapt,” he added.

National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe also chimed in yesterday saying, “While the situation on the ground is very serious, neither Prime Minister [Nouri al-] Maliki nor we believe that Iraq is in a civil war. The Iraqi government is making slow but sure progress on important issues that will help stop the violence and bring the country together.”

It’s a freakin’ mess over there and some folks just aren’t afraid to say it — Civil War…

At least one Iraqi leader says otherwise. “It’s worse than a civil war. In a civil war, you at least know which factions are fighting each other,” lamented a senior member of Iraq’s government in an interview a few hours after Johndroe’s comments. “We don’t even know that anymore. It’s so bloody confused.”

NBC got on the bandwagon yesterday calling Iraq a Civil War and right wing columnist Jules Crittenden responded on his blog saying, “What’s In a Name.” What’s in a name? The truth is hard to bear for those who want to perpetuate the Bush war, isn’t it?

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