OKAY, I’M NOT SURE WHAT THIS MEANS:

Bush administration officials confirmed today that Jay Garner, the retired lieutenant general who is the top civil administrator in Iraq, would leave here within a week or two and that other senior officials here will also be replaced.

American officials said Barbara K. Bodine, who has been in charge of reconstruction for the Baghdad region, was abruptly given notice and will be leaving within the next day or two. Ms. Bodine, a former ambassador to Yemen, will take a senior post at the State.

A bunch of other people are leaving too, which makes it look like the result of bureaucratic faction-fighting rather than demonstrated failures by one or another. Most of the reasoning presented sounds like spin of various varieties.

So is this good or bad? I don’t know. It suggests a certain amount of “disarray,” but on the other hand it also suggests decisive action. Maybe someone at the White House has been reading Salam Pax’s accounts and has decided to shake things up. . .