Bush's Secretive Surge
When a president has the power to wage premptive wars, it only makes sense that he can drop a few preemptive surprises on his own country. So, here's yet another one.
Bush has not yet made his speech announcing a plan for a 'surge' of 21,500 troops in Iraq, but the decider has already begun the surge, reports ABC News.
As recently as January 6, White House spokesman Tony Snow was still reporting that Bush had "not entirely" made up his mind about the New Way Forward.
But never mind the debate about Bush's plan for a New Way Forward. You don't have to trouble your mind about it.
It's done. Your Decider has spoken.
ABC News: Troop Surge Already Under Way
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007 — President Bush's speech may be scheduled for tonight, but the troop surge in Iraq is already under way.
ABC News has learned that the "surge" Bush is expected to announce in a prime time speech tonight has already begun. Ninety advance troops from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Baghdad Wednesday.
An additional battalion of roughly 800 troops from the same division are expected to arrive in Baghdad Thursday. Eighty percent of the sectarian violence occurs within a 30-mile radius of Baghdad, so that is where most of the additional troops will be concentrated.
It is the first small wave of troops in a new White House strategy that is expected to put more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq and likely require new call-ups of the National Guard. [via]
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