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...several years economists have longed for a “Goldilocks” economy, an economy that is neither too hot nor too cold but instead just right. This nice turn of phrase was, according to William Safire, first notably used by former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich to describe an imagined period of moderate growth and low inflation...
Although the Baker group allowed for a surge to stabilize Baghdad or speed up training of Iraqis, it conditioned that O.K. with the phrase "if the U.S. commander in Iraq determines that such steps would be effective." When it became clear to the internationalists that the Kagan-Keane surge was winning White House attention without any calls for more troops from generals on the ground, they counter-counterattacked. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a former four-star, said a surge had been tried in Baghdad--and had failed last fall--and would only further delay Iraqis in taking control...
...just in bowling his opponents out, but in cajoling them, getting under their skins, berating them and ultimately outsmarting them. Sometimes a microphone on the ground would pick up Warne telling a young opponent what he thought of their technique. "You have no idea, mate," was a common phrase. Yes, it was arrogant. But often it was also true...
...additional problems: it would discourage rather than encourage the Iraqis to take responsibility for their security. And it would not be sustainable. Abizaid said U.S. forces that have rotated out of Baghdad and back to the U.S. now lack the equipment to increase the "op-tempo," the Pentagon phrase for work rate...
CIVIL WAR n. Not a new term, but Iraq's deteriorating "sectarian violence"--to use President George W. Bush's preferred phrase--had people asking...