WASHINGTON, DC - Today, following the release of a new report by the Pentagon that asserts that Sectarian violence is spreading in Iraq and the conditions for civil war exist, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), a member of the Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement:I recently made my eighth trip to Iraq and this report squares with much of what I saw on the ground.Iraq is tipping toward civil war. There may be the occasional peaceful day, but the reality is there has been a huge upswing in sectarian violence, between Sunni and Shias, and also within the Shia community, that is becoming more and more significant and much more difficult to constrain.This report underscores the Bush Administration's failure to come to grips with the growing crisis in Iraq. They have not provided the real resources, in terms of both military and civilian advisers, nor real dollars to reconstruct and help Iraq emerge from this period of instability.We will not abandon our brave troops nor can we afford to abandon Iraq. But we also can't afford to go along with the Bush Administration's failed policies any longer. They are not working and as a result both Iraq and America are less secure. Democrats have rallied around the Levin-Reed amendment which is a thoughtful plan to take our Iraq policy in a new direction. This report acknowledges that change is long overdue.