Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The surge is working so well
That they won't be bringing any more troops home this year after they reach the 140,000 level.
The sad part is while these big swinging dickheads are making decisions that will determine who lives or dies, they are having their own little War of the Words, like a bunch of schoolkids.
Troop levels in Iraq would remain nearly the same through 2008 as at any time during five years of war, under plans presented to President Bush on Monday by the senior American commander and the top American diplomat in Iraq, senior administration and military officials said.And as was obvious from a long time ago, the next president will have to end the occupation. No way Li'l Georgie is going to do the right thing.
The sad part is while these big swinging dickheads are making decisions that will determine who lives or dies, they are having their own little War of the Words, like a bunch of schoolkids.
During the briefing to the president, General Petraeus laid out a number of potential options, the officials said, but avoided using the term “pause.” That word has gained traction here in Washington over recent weeks to describe the plateau in troop levels that is widely expected to last through the fall elections and perhaps beyond.Still I have to admit that Li'l Georgie was right about one thing, the 4000 troops did not die in vain. They died in Iraq and Germany and in transit but not in vain. We haven't invaded Vain, yet.
Instead, he described the weeks after the departure of the extra brigades ordered to Iraq in January 2007 as a period of “consolidation and evaluation,” a phrase first used publicly by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates during a visit to Iraq in February.
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