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Garner did not tell them, "I shall return," but return he has, and not just to the Kurdish regions of the north. In January the affable Garner, who retired from the Army six years ago, was plucked from civilian life by his old friend Donald Rumsfeld to head the Pentagon's new Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance. To put it another way, Garner will become the de facto ruler of Iraq...
Some Pentagon officials argue that the retreat of the regular Republican Guard could be a plus. As demoralized troops find themselves fighting for their lives in the capital, conditions could ripen for a coup. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld all but called for one, saying Iraqi forces "must now decide whether they want to share the fate of Saddam Hussein or whether they will turn on that condemned dictator and help the forces of Iraq's liberation." But Pentagon officials concede that the surprising resistance shown by the most loyal of Iraq's forces means that Washington cannot count...
...believe it's better to let him go than for us to go get him," says the military officer. Such an outcome could give Saddam bragging rights in the Arab world for facing down the Americans. "The question is," says the officer, "would the President let him go?" Rumsfeld said last week it was too late for the exile option...
When Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned two of Iraq's neighbors, Syria and Iran, against helping Saddam Hussein, he wasn't just worried about military gear crossing the borders. U.S. intelligence has been picking up indications that Muslim extremists from Islamic Jihad, Hizballah and Iranian Shi'ite groups have started entering Iraq from both countries, as well as from Jordan. A senior U.S. official told TIME that his main security concern in Iraq, once Saddam is ousted, is "not the remnants of Saddam's government. It's the presence of other radicals who may owe their allegiance to neighboring regimes...
That is not happening now. Condoleezza Rice seems to have disappeared. There are two theories about this. Some say she's been overwhelmed by the more senior Administration titans; others say she has come to favor the hawkish Cheney-Rumsfeld side. But there is a more likely possibility: Rice is simply doing her job, reflecting the style and wishes of the President. And that style, as we have seen over the past weeks, is increasingly simple in a world--and a war--that seems increasingly complex...