Troop Surges

The right-wing blogosphere has been buzzing over the prospect of sending more troops to Iraq to do...well, nobody really know's what their strategic goals would be - kill the Sunnis? attack Al-Qaeda? disarm the Shia militias? Stop a civil war? Police the streets? - but sending more troops comports nicely with the conservative belief that "we'll succeed unless we quit"

For some useful primers on why sending more troops to Iraq is not the panacea its proponents make it out to be go here, here, and here.

Posted by Kingston