Pentagon: If escalating the war makes the situation worse, U.S. will pull out of Iraq

[ProSense]

U.S. military plans Iraq fallback strategy: report

Mon Mar 12, 4:28 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military planners have begun work on a fallback strategy in case the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq fails, including a gradual pullout of U.S. forces and more emphasis on training and advising Iraqi forces, the Los Angeles Times reported in Monday's editions.

The strategy, based partly on the U.S. experience in El Salvador in the 1980s, is in the early planning stages, the newspaper said, citing U.S. military officials and Pentagon consultants who spoke on condition of anonymity.

It is a fallback if the Bush administration's plan to send about 26,000 more U.S. troops fails to stabilize Iraq, or if the Democratic-led Congress limits that move, it said.

The newspaper quoted a Pentagon official as saying "This part of the world has an allergy against foreign presence. You have a window of opportunity that is relatively short. Your ability to influence this with a large U.S. force eventually gets to a point that is self-defeating."

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Sheer idiocy!

[TwilightGardener]

1. Pentagon: Winners of the "DUH" award.

[Amonester]

6. Yup! Can't make these dudes up. After FOUR years... THOUSANDS dead...

THOUSANDS maimed, many beyond repair... +/- a TRILLION more to repay with rising interest rates... a WORLDWIDE reputation in tatters... and... and... and...

just a few millions walking peacefully in the streets BEFORE this unqualifiable disaster based on pure criminal fabrications even STARTED... screaming to 'em, idiots: DO NOT EVEN THINK OF STARTING THIS FUTURE QUAGMIRE 'cuz WE KNOW YOU WILL REGRET IT!

But, hey... this few millions in the streets were just being "un-patriotic" for stating the TRUTH....

where the heck were they? :shrug:

[Double T]

2. Brilliant!!!!!!

NOW all you have got to do is convince that 'brave stalwart decider'! Good Luck!

[rodeodance]

3. the groundwork of Success has already be laid by the media, WH, Malike

[niceypoo]

4. Who will get fired over this?

Now the pentagon wants to, "cut and run?" Is this an attempt by the bushies to find an out? If so, their toothless minions will crap their collective depends.

[KKKarl is an idiot]

5. If this move fails

you cannot pull out. What you do is: re-instate the draft & send 500 000 more troops at first. Then you send a further 500 000. The war budget will now be at around 1 trillion dollars a year. You pay this by borrowing more money from the Saudis & Chinese, until they own have half the US government & propose that they each propose they send an appointed president to the US to co-rule with our democratically elected president or they will foreclose on their loans. The Chinese president will annex Wal-Mart. The Saudi president will annex Exxon-Mobile. Through these 2 companies they will rule the country & disband all other corporations & government agencies. This is "your world" according to George Bush.