The Iraq civil war, "to the extent one were to occur," will be dealt with by Iraqis, "to the extent they are able to."
and, oh, by the way, we need $91B FRIGGIN' MORE for both iraq AND afghanistan...
and, oh, yes... it's another EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL, outside of the normal congressional budget appropriations process...
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Top members of the Bush administration urged Congress Thursday to quickly pass a $91 billion spending bill that includes money to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that despite a surge in sectarian violence in Iraq, the process of creating a stable government is proceeding satisfactorily. ['scuse ME...?]
Rumsfeld was pressed to explain the U.S. military's plan to respond in the event that Iraq's sectarian violence grows into a full-fledged civil war.
"The plan is to prevent a civil war, and to the extent one were to occur, to have the — from a security standpoint — have the Iraqi security forces deal with it, to the extent they are able to," Rumsfeld said.
and, oh, yes... it's another EMERGENCY SPENDING BILL, outside of the normal congressional budget appropriations process...
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3/09/2006
