[lbo-talk] Dem. Senate leader Reid backs troop increase in Iraq

[B.]

[Yeah, it's supposed to be temporary -- but everything
in Iraq since 2003 has been supposedly 'temporary,'
right? - B.]

Reid backs temporary rise in troops in Iraq

By Lesley Wroughton
Sun Dec 17, 3:58 PM ET

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he
would support a short-term increase in U.S. troops in
Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it
is part of a broader withdrawal plan.

Bush has been talking to experts about a new Iraq
strategy and a short-term increase in U.S. troops to
help make Baghdad more secure is one idea that has
been presented to him.

"If it's for a surge, that is, for two or three months
and it's part of a program to get us out of there as
indicated by this time next year, then, sure, I'll go
along with it," said Reid, who will become the
majority leader when Democrats take control of the
Senate next month from Bush's Republicans. He spoke on
ABC's "This Week" program.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061217/pl_nm/usa_iraq_dc