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[QUOTE]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.President George W. Bush denied on Tuesday that Iraq was headed for civil war as the country was rocked by a new surge of sectarian violence.
Bush told ABC News he had spoken to leaders of all Iraqi sects after last week's bombing of a major Shi'ite mosque and "I heard loud and clear that they understand that they're going to choose unification, and we're going to help them do so."
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Asked what Washington would do if civil war broke out, Bush said in the ABC interview: "I don't buy your premise that there's going to be a civil war."[/QUOTE]
Umm, how do you pull this off with a straight face?
Moreover, even if Bush doesn't buy the premise that there's going to be a civil war -- which seems to ignore the reality of the situation, that Iraq is at a minimum on the brink of civil war and has been for some time -- you would hope that that is something he's planned for.
You know, I hope this is just typical Bush-if-I-say-it-enough-people-will-believe-it-politics, but part of me really wonders if he's really got a plan in place for this. If this last week in Iraq is any indication, things seem to be ramping up there in a serious way.