Something is bothering me about this whole surge thing...what do you think?

[The Straight Story]

So we have a lot of troops in Iraq, people start calling for a pull out of troops.

Instead we send 30,000 more troops for a 'surge'.

And NOW we are discussing how soon (maybe next year) we are going to bring back just that 30,000 - while the original strength forces are not even really being discussed.

bush compromises, says 'ok, add that to the funding bill and we will bring em home' and he gets his funding, all the original troops, and we get back the 30,000 loaned for a surge.

If ya ask me, the whole surge thing was a shell game. Ask for more than you need - then compromise by bringing the excess back.

Both sides claim victory, and the people are still sitting there wondering what the hell just went down....