DEAN BARNETT analiza el nuevo plan de Bush para Iraq:

1) How in the hell are an additional 20,000 troops going to make such a big difference when we already have about 140,000 troops in Iraq? It makes no sense! Cut and run!!

First, calm down. We’re going to walk through this analytically, not sprint through it hysterically. The current troop level in Baghdad is only 13,000. Most of the 20,000 new troops are going to be headed to Baghdad. That means we’re going to increase our troop complement in Baghdad by roughly 150%. In other words, as regards the Battle of Baghdad, this is an enormous tactical adjustment, not a symbolic gesture.

2) Hmmm. Interesting. I didn’t know that. Why didn’t the president say that last night?

This is where things get a little dicey. Most of the fighting has been in Baghdad. And Baghdad has been the symbolic center of things. And yet only 10% of out troops were in Baghdad. This doesn’t say anything good about the Bush administration.

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