Time Mag - Bush quietly plans for Iraq pullout

(I thought I'd play "Drudge" with my headlines.)

Aug. 14, 2006 issue - The Bush administration insists Iraq is a long way from civil war, but the contingency planning has already begun inside the White House and the Pentagon. President Bush will move U.S. troops out of Iraq if the country descends into civil war.

But be secure that the administration's threshold for civil war is pretty extreme. Later in the article, it sounds like the definition requires the complete collapse of the government and near complete dissolution of the Iraqi security forces.

(Also in Time, a great first person look at Baghdad by reporter Aparisim Ghosh titled "Life in Hell." I found the descent into Baghdad riveting, the second page offers some interesting observations on the undergirding flaws of the "unity government," and the third describes some of the fears and difficulties Iraqis live with every day. Great article.)