Time for Plan B

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Author(s)	Thomas Friedman
Source	The New York Times
Date	August 4, 2006
URL	http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F10816FD3A5B0C778CDDA10894DE404482
Quote	"Yes, the best way to contain Iran would have been to produce a real Shiite-led democracy in Iraq, exposing the phony one in Tehran. But second best is leaving Iraq. Because the worst option -- the one Iran loves -- is for us to stay in Iraq, bleeding, and in easy range to be hit by Iran if we strike its nukes."

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This item argues for the position Coalition troops should pull out on the topic Post-invasion Iraq.