"Gathering Threat"
"Axis of Evil"
"Slam Dunk"
"Shock and Awe"
"Mission Accomplished"
"Last Throes"
"Adapt to Win"
"Stay the Course"
"New Way Forward"
"The Surge"
"The Pause"
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I thought I'd post this as a found poem, but it's also a list. These are the catch-phrases that the Bush administration has used to describe the situation in Iraq, in the order of their appearance. "The Pause" is the most recent strategy being promoted.
