‘They would be very happy not to have any more attention paid to this’
As Democrats in Congress meekly try and get some a supplemental funding bill to President George Bush that even mentions that it could end, the Administration is continuing its game plan of endless war.
Bush could double force by Christmas
The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday.
The little-noticed second surge, designed to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq, is being executed by sending more combat brigades and extending tours of duty for troops already there.
The actions could boost the number of combat soldiers from 52,500 in early January to as many as 98,000 by the end of this year if the Pentagon overlaps arriving and departing combat brigades.
Separately, when additional support troops are included in this second troop increase, the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq could increase from 162,000 now to more than 200,000 — a record-high number — by the end of the year.
The numbers were arrived at by an analysis of deployment orders by Hearst Newspapers.
“It doesn’t surprise me that they’re not talking about it,” said retired Army Maj. Gen. William Nash, a former U.S. commander of NATO troops in Bosnia, referring to the Bush administration. “I think they would be very happy not to have any more attention paid to this.”
The struggle for accountability remains, but the truth is very evident. The occupation of Iraq will continue full throttle until the end of Bush’s presidency. And then, like every other failure of his miserable life, Bush will leave the problem he created for someone else to fix. It’s what he does. It’s what he’s always done.
–WKW
May 22nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
“And then, like every other failure of his miserable life, Bush will leave the problem he created for someone else to fix. It’s what he does. It’s what he’s always done.”
True. And he could care less.
May 23rd, 2007 at 3:51 am
[…] Now that the U.S. Congress has reverted back to form and now does only what the Executive Branch decides, President Bush is doing what he can to keep the War on Iraq going forever. Or at least until early 2009, after which, he could really care less. […]