little war

Think back to the surge debate last month. The Republicans took to the floor of the House and stood tight with talking points in hand. They had their little "war" room set-up to counter any Democratic argument and acted like they knew all the inside mumblings of the execution of the surge. One of those big talking points was "give the President the 6 months he needs to make the plan work".

Well we are now over a month into the plan and we heard this week that the surge could now take over a year. If that isn't enough, now we got the number of troops being needed for this "surge" being increased by almost 50%:

President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for 8,200 more U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of the 21,500-troop buildup he announced in January.

Bush wants Congress to fund 3,500 new U.S. troops to expand training of local police and army units in Afghanistan. The money also would pay for the estimated 3,500 existing U.S. troops he already announced would be staying longer in the region to counter an anticipated Taliban offensive in Afghanistan this spring.

In Iraq, most of the additional troops would help with the latest Baghdad security plan, which is getting under way in the capital. The money would pay for 2,400 combat support troops, 2,200 military police forces and 129 troops for reconstruction teams.

So did Bush try to sugar coat his surge number when he addressed the nation in January? We hear that this surge is working so great, so why do we need such a drastic increase only a short time into it?

Our military is already broken. We are not able to handle any situations that come up. This isn't some left-wing conspiracy; it is the realization of many on the left and right as well as military leaders. So how does Bush respond? He tries to further the damage he has done to our once mighty force.

Condi is out doing the tough talk on North Korea, but is she making promises she can't keep?

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reassured Japan on Wednesday that Washington would stand by a commitment to protect its Asian ally, trying to temper concerns of an Asian nuclear arms race after North Korea's atomic test.

"The United States has the will and the capability to meet the full range, and I underscore full range, of its deterrent and security commitments to Japan," Rice told a news conference in Tokyo, the first stop on a quick tour of North Asia.

The United States is worried Japan and South Korea might embark on an Asian arms race in response to North Korea building up a nuclear arsenal -- a concern Vice President Dick Cheney warned of two years ago.

"That is why it is extremely important to go out and reaffirm, and reaffirm strongly U.S. defense commitments to Japan and to South Korea," Rice told reporters traveling with her.

Wow I wish I lived in her America where we had an abundance of military forces. The America I live in can't even spare some extra helicopters to help fight in Afghanistan (you know - that little war involving the people who actually attacked us). Tomorrow she is going to South Korea to give basically the same speech. So now we are going to protect all of Asia? Hell we can't even keep our troops safe in Baghdad or protect our own people from Mother Nature. I am sure the leaders of Japan and South Korea know this and will let what Condi says go in one ear and out the other also.