If the "surge" fails, what will Bush do? Maybe another "surge".

[ck4829]

Gen. Peter Pace, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says that the Joint Chiefs may consider increasing the current level of U.S. forces in Iraq. You heard that right: Come September, we could be looking at Surge II.

Here's how it could happen: In September, Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker produce their "report" to Congress. President Bush then ponders the options. (And we know he isn't going to throw in the towel.) And then the case is made -- and there is a certain logic to it -- that keeping forces at the same or higher levels would help the U.S. and Iraq reach their goals more quickly.

So one option then would be Surge II. These guys have guts.

On his Baghdad-bound aircraft yesterday, Gen. Peter Pace said that the Joint Chiefs (the chairman, vice chairman, and the chiefs of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force) are developing their own assessment of the situation in Iraq, a report that they will present to the president in September alongside the report from Gen. David Petraeus, the commander in Iraq.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2007/07/ready_for_surge_ii.html?nav=rss_blog

[marmar]

1. "These guys have guts"

It's easy to have guts when other people's children, fathers, mothers and friends are dying.

[Virginia Dare]

2. Bush is psychotic and delusional..

and I think Pace probably is too for going along with this madness.

[spanone]

3. He will do whatever the hell he pleases. You can bet on that.

[DrDan]

4. I think we will continue to marvel at how stuborn this guy is

he will not back down, and if anything, will attempt to escalate and increase troop strength.

He will continue to push until congress finally takes action. He will then be absolved - congress and the Dems will then own the problem.