Iraq; "Plan B or phase 2 or Redeployment of troops to help" White House

[Botany]

I wonder when they will say, "We fucked up and it was all based on lies anyway."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/07/26/BL2006072600903.html?nav=rss_opinions

President Bush and national security adviser Stephen Hadley yesterday for the first time publicly acknowledged the momentous shift in the role for U.S. troops in Iraq, from fighting terrorists to trying to suppress religious violence.

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But it's a historic admission: That job one for many American troops in Iraq is no longer fighting al-Qaeda terrorists, or even insurgents. Rather, it is trying to quell an incipient -- if not already raging -- sectarian civil war, with Baghdad as ground zero.

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Mr. Hadley, the national security adviser, said the failure of the initial plan forced the administration to move to what he called 'Phase II.'

"But other officials said there was no Phase II in the previous plan.

" 'This is more like Plan B,' said one of Mr. Hadley's associates, who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss internal policy matters. 'Six weeks ago, we were talking about pulling American troops back from the city streets, not putting more of them out there.'

[jody]

1. One could also say we have religious violence in Lebanon. n/t

[Liberal Veteran]

2. I support Plan B for all members of the Bush family.

Of course, I am referring to Plan B, the drug (aka the morning-after pill).