New Iraq Plan for House to House Combat

House to house -- didn't we try that once or twice before? Seems to me it didn't work. Otherwise, we wouldn't be debating what to do about Iraq. As it has by considering increasing troop levels, the Bush administration seems to be committed to revisiting every bad idea they've had before, just on the off chance that it'll work this time.

Associated Press:

Iraqi forces backed by U.S. troops will begin a neighborhood-by-neighborhood assault on militants in the capital this weekend as a first step in the new White House strategy to contain Sunni insurgents and Shiite death squads, key advisers to the prime minister said Friday.

The first details of the plan - a fresh bid to pacify the capital - emerged a day after President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki spoke for nearly two hours by video conference. Both leaders were expected to detail their vision of a new strategy in the coming days.

The al-Maliki aides would not address the scope of the planned assaults nor where specifically they were planned.

The Iraqis did, however, signal continuing disagreement on key issues, including al-Maliki's unease over the introduction of more U.S. troops.

Isn't this how we got into the massacre in Haditha?

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