Alternatively, the ‘U’ modifier may be used to make all repetiton operators lazy. Differentiating between greedinessand laziness iskey to fullyunderstandingadvancedregular expressions.
"Pulling all of our remaining troops out of Iraq by the end of 2011, as presently required under a U.S.-Iraqi understanding negotiated by President (George W.) Bush and Prime Minister (Nuri al-) Maliki in late 2008, seems too risky, " O'Hanlon wrote in an article in The National Interest.