It’s amazing how the “reality of the situation” makes it out of the green bubble into white bubble.
President Bush told Wolf Blitzer that he “rejects the notion that [Iraq] is in civil war” and that he “can’t learn it from the newscasts” and instead trusts “the commanders on the ground” for their assessments.

CNN asks their perennial man outside the green zone Michael Ware:

Crooks and Liars - Michael Ware: President Bush and Generals “Divorced From Reality”