Again, Bush proves he just says anything to try and make the public happy.
The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate.
Sending 15,000 to 30,000 more troops for a mission of possibly six to eight months is one of the central proposals on the table of the White House policy review to reverse the steady deterioration in Iraq. The option is being discussed as an element in a range of bigger packages, the officials said.
But the Joint Chiefs think the White House, after a month of talks, still does not have a defined mission and is latching on to the surge idea in part because of limited alternatives, despite warnings about the potential disadvantages for the military, said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the White House review is not public.
The chiefs have taken a firm stand, the sources say, because they believe the strategy review will be the most important decision on Iraq to be made since the March 2003 invasion.
So who should we listen too – the top commanders of our military, or the chickenshit who got us into this war, and did all he could to stay out of our last major war? Considering this is the plan of John McCain, I got a funny feeling that Bush is pushing this idea to payback McCain for the 2000 primaries. If this is the case, then Congress must take immediate actions against Bush and remove him from office. His ignorance is going to do nothing, but cost more lives and more suffering for the U.S. and Iraqi people.