Slog - Comments on DAMF: Bush Doubling the Number of New Troops Being Sent to Iraq http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/damf_bush_sending_doubling_the_number_of Call we call it an escalation now? Via Americablog.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:03:50 -0800 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:13:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dakota We will need more troops for our potential "defensive" action against Iran. Check out Brzezinski's recent testimony in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: http://the-american-interest.com/contd/?p=604

It's worth the read.

]]> Dakota http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/damf_bush_sending_doubling_the_number_of#c606069 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/damf_bush_sending_doubling_the_number_of#c606069 News Thu, 01 Feb 2007 11:51:40 -0800 Comment by Fnarf It's not an escalation, because (a) it's not permanent, or even long term, and (b) it's not even as much of an increase as we've seen several times in the past. What it is is a textbook example of "a day late and a dollar short". Doomed, in another word.

I don't even think Bush is trying to win; I think he's trying to pass the mess on to 2008.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/damf_bush_sending_doubling_the_number_of#c606088 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/damf_bush_sending_doubling_the_number_of#c606088 News Thu, 01 Feb 2007 12:13:09 -0800