Before this becomes a quagmire, what is the US going to do?
"Before this becomes a quagmire"
Hmmm...Before?
"what is the US going to do?"
Unfortunately, very little. The neo-cons see no reason to have an exit strategy. If anything, they want to use Iraq as a "springboard" to further commitments. So, to be irretrievable enmeshed in Iraq, has been a desired goal. After all, we want the hegemony to survive a change in admins. To the best of my ability to understand, you need to have a much bigger commitment “in place on the ground”, by the end of a Bush second term Big enough, “there is no turning back”.
Of course all of these “plans” were made in the fantasy land of Pentagon “contingency plans” and think tank reports. Now, that fantasy has started to meet reality, and produced some unanticipated “friction”, we’ll see. So far, persevere is all I hear.
Persevere with a Tar Baby! Now, that’s a strategy.
JMO
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