Gary Hart Was Right-Bush/Rove CUT&RUN "Iraq—Plans in Case of a Civil War"

[kpete]

Exclusive: Iraq—Plans in Case of a Civil War

Newsweek
Aug. 14, 2006 issue -

The Bush administration insists Iraq is a long way from civil war, but the contingency planning has already begun inside the White House and the Pentagon. President Bush will move U.S. troops out of Iraq if the country descends into civil war, according to one senior Bush aide who declined to be named while talking about internal strategy. "If there's a full-blown civil war, the president isn't going to allow our forces to be caught in the crossfire," the aide said. "But institutionally, the government of Iraq isn't breaking down. It's still a unity government." Bush's position on a pullout of U.S. troops emerged in response to news-week's questions about Sen. John Warner, chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Warner warned last week that the president might require a new vote from Congress to allow troops to stay in Iraq in what he called "all-out civil war." But the senior Bush aide said the White House would need no prompting from Congress to get troops out "if the Iraqi government broke down completely along sectarian lines."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14206642/

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Gary Hart: “Karl Rove Will Concoct A Patently Phony Iraq Exit Strategy”…
Posted by kpete in General Discussion
Sun Aug 06th 2006, 01:29 AM
Gary Hart
An October Surprise

Depending on the fate of Senator Joe Lieberman on Tuesday, it should come as no surprise to anyone when (not if) the Bush administration announces a dramatic plan to exit Iraq sometime before the Congressional elections this fall.


Since, with precious few exceptions, political careers trump principle, and since the cabal of neoconservatives and the religious right intend to govern forever, the genius Karl Rove will concoct a patently phony Iraq exit strategy.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/an-october-surprise_b_26589.html

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1. geez what are they going to do

with all the military bases Halliburton has built? The Iraqis could get busy looting and stop fighting.