Sadly NO!

President Bush and his senior military and foreign policy advisers are beginning to discuss a “post-surge” strategy for Iraq that they hope could gain bipartisan political support. The new policy would focus on training and advising Iraqi troops rather than the broader goal of achieving a political reconciliation in Iraq, which senior officials recognize may be unachievable within the time available.

The revamped policy, as outlined by senior administration officials, would be premised on the idea that, as the current surge of U.S. troops succeeds in reducing sectarian violence, America’s role will be increasingly to help prepare the Iraqi military to take greater responsibility for securing the country.

“Sectarian violence is not a problem we can fix,” said one senior official. “The Iraqi government needs to show that it can take control of the capital.” U.S. officials offer a somber evaluation of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki: His Shiite-dominated government is weak and sectarian, but they have concluded that, going forward, there is no practical alternative.

Chillens, I want you to put on your thinkin’ caps and dissect the logic behind these statements:

1.) We’re giving up on political reconciliation between the Sunnis and Shiites.

2.) Instead, we’re going to focus on helping Maliki’s “Shiite-dominated” “sectarian” government “take control of the capital,” with the end goal of helping them “take greater responsibility for securing the country.”

And yet…

3.) “Sectarian violence is not a problem we can fix.”

So, ladies’n'gents, how do you suppose the sectarian, Shiite-dominated government will go about “securing the country?” Ding! You got it! Ethnic cleansing!

The new policy would seek to anchor future Iraqi security in a regional structure that would be a continuation of the “neighbors” talks begun this month at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. To make that structure work, the administration is talking with Iran and Syria in what officials hope will become a serious dialogue about how to stabilize Iraq.

The post-surge policy would, in many ways, track the recommendations of the Baker-Hamilton report, which senior administration officials say the president now supports.

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