It must be worse than they’re telling us. Despite trying to put positive spin on the dire news delivered to Congress by Rumsfeld and military generals this week, President Bush and the Pentagon are preparing contingency plans should Iraq descend into a “full blown” civil war. What they would consider a “full blown” civil war remains unclear as compared to the massive killings and inter-group fighting going on now. Plans include attempts to prevent massacres but also involve withdrawal of troops. “If there’s a full-blown civil war, the president isn’t going to allow our forces to be caught in the crossfire,” said one Bush aide.
Um, our troops are already being caught in the crossfire and have been dying in alarming numbers for quite some time now. Why is it that when Democrats demand troop withdrawal that is “cut and run,” but when Republicans propose it it’s called “protecting our troops from the crossfire?”
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