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Hirsh: After '08, Is There a Plan B for Iraq? - Newsweek Michael Hirsh - MSNBC.com

Hirsh: After '08, Is There a Plan B for Iraq? - Newsweek Michael Hirsh - MSNBC.comJust how long is the issue of the day in Iraq-obsessed Washington. And frighteningly, no one seems more confused about the plan than Bush himself. In two separate appearances in the last week, he alternately invoked last fall’s Baker-Hamilton report—which envisioned a substantial pullout by early 2008—and America’s South Korea occupation, which has been a robust front-line presence for more than 50 years. Which is it?

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