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.
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This is a very well written article. It is just more evidence of how Bush is not only at odds with 75% of Americans but also with the Joint Chiefs, exactly the military experts he has claimed to take his directions re Iraq from all these years. This is painfully reminiscent of Vietnam where escalating the war and throwing more bodies into the fire did absolutely nothing in the final analysis.
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