Another Bush plan sold with a bunk bill of goods fails and is blindly continued until the next bunk bill of goods is conjured up from the ashes of said failure. It’s really quite predictable, unless you’re Nostradumbass.

BAGHDAD — For much of this year, the U.S. military strategy in Iraq has sought to reduce violence so that politicians could bring about national reconciliation, but several top Iraqi leaders say they have lost faith in that broad goal.

Iraqi leaders argue that sectarian animosity is entrenched in the structure of their government. Instead of reconciliation, they now stress alternative and perhaps more attainable goals: streamlining the government bureaucracy, placing experienced technocrats in positions of authority and improving the dismal record of providing basic services.

“I don’t think there is something called reconciliation, and there will be no reconciliation as such,” said Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, a Kurd. “To me, it is a very inaccurate term. This is a struggle about power.”

Top Iraqis Pull Back From Key U.S. Goal - washingtonpost.com

Can we take our toys and go home now?