In a guest column in Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal President Bush addressed a range of issues. On Iraq he said he’ll reveal his new strategy in the coming days.
Administration officials tell NBC News it will involve sending some 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq.
The plan is being called surge and accelerate: take control over violence in Baghdad, then speed up the handover of territory to Iraqi forces.
The plan would also turn over more money to Iraq for reconstruction and a jobs program.
Bush also said in this op-ed piece that he would discuss his plan with Congress. Discuss? He will be taking his same old imperialistic meme of “this is what I am doing, accept it or else”. Time to get these hearings going. The security of our nation and the lives of our brave soldiers are at stake here.