[lbo-talk] U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq

[Andy F]

On 11/21/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <critical.montages at gmail.com> wrote:
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/21/world/middleeast/21troops.html>
> November 21, 2006
> U.S. Considers Raising Troop Levels in Iraq
> By DAVID S. CLOUD
[...]
> The idea, dubbed the "surge option" by some officials, would involve
> increasing American forces by 20,000 troops or more for several months
> in the hope of improving security, especially in Baghdad. That would
> mark a sharp rise over the current baseline of 144,000 troops.

They're not going to call it the "Big Push" like someting out of a WW1 campaign?

-- 
Andy