Nice McClatchy summary of the emerging administration Option 1 for Iraq. "...A revised Iraq political strategy aimed at forging a 'moderate center' of Shiite Muslim, Sunni Muslim Arab and Kurdish politicians that would bolster embattled Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki. The goal would be to marginalize radical Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents." Military analyst Andrew Bacevich described the approach to me a couple weeks ago as the "try harder; yes, it hasn't worked for three years, but try harder" plan.

Posted by Laura at December 15, 2006 12:01 PM