"Go Big, Go Long, or Go Home" + moonwalk

[Benjamin Zimmer]

>From today's Washington Post:

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/19/AR2006111901249_pf.html
The Pentagon's closely guarded review of how to improve the situation
in Iraq has outlined three basic options: Send in more troops, shrink
the force but stay longer, or pull out, according to senior defense
officials.
Insiders have dubbed the options "Go Big," "Go Long" and "Go Home."
The group conducting the review is likely to recommend a combination
of a small, short-term increase in U.S. troops and a long-term
commitment to stepped-up training and advising of Iraqi forces, the
officials said.
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And also:

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That combination plan, which one defense official called "Go Big but
Short While Transitioning to Go Long," could backfire if Iraqis
suspect it is really a way for the United States to moonwalk out of
Iraq -- that is, to imitate singer Michael Jackson's trademark move of
appearing to move forward while actually sliding backward.
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--Ben Zimmer

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