No Plan B in Bush Iraq strategy

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Despite palpable frustration in Washington with the government in Baghdad, the under-fire Bush administration is refusing to contemplate a Plan B, should its long-odds new strategy fail to pacify Iraq.

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Many Bush critics and allies still doubt Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government is willing or able to challenge murderous militias, under a plan which will see 21,500 US troops surge into Baghdad and Al-Anbar province and three more Iraqi brigades in the capital.

Top administration officials are however adamant that contemplating an alternative would simply doom the current plan to failure.

"I don't think you go to plan B. You work with plan A," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday, explaining why the administration had no contingency plans lined up.

"You work with plan A and you give it the possibility of success, the best possibility of success."

more;http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070114/ts_alt_afp/usiraqbushplan_070114082217

[Eugene]

1. Here we go again!

There is no Plan B because the Bush administration has absolutely
no intention of leaving Iraq and its oil. The Bushies have now
identified Iran as America's principal enemy in the Middle East
and the root cause for instability in Iraq. When the effort to
pacify Baghdad fails (and it will), they will escalate their
hostilities against Iran and Syria.

[NI4NI]

2. That makes sense!

In order to have a "Plan B" you need to have a "Plan A" first