Pentagon OPPOSES Troop Escalation...

[zengrifter]

...despite what some news agencies are reporting. zg

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U.S. Military Officials: Bush Trying To Bribe Us To Support Iraq Escalation
MSNBC | Dec. 23, 2006

Last night on NBC Nightly News, Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski said that many military officials are “suspicious” of President Bush’s announcement that he plans to increase the size of the armed forces. They believe that “he’s dangling that offer out there in an effort to buy the military support for the option to surge additional American troops into Iraq as if it’s some kind of tradeoff.”

Miklaszewski added that military leaders are also still opposed to an increase in U.S. troops in Iraq, believing it would “be like throwing kerosene on a fire.” Watch it:

...more - http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/21/...iraq-kerosene/