The Surge

Sending 20,000 additional troops to Baghdad will not win the war. It is a prescription for curing the symptom rather than the illness. It is a temporary fix. Bush's goal is simple - Sufficiently reduce the violence in Baghdad to create a perception of victory. This will allow him to gain the political capital to make his next move.

The real illness is Iran and Syria. We are really fighting a proxy war against Iran and Syria. Iraq is merely the battleground for that war. Bush has never spoken about this directly to the American people. There are enough evidence to prove this, but the media is keeping quiet about it. If Congress knows, they are not saying anything about it. Bush is in his last two years in office. He has stood his ground all these years. He should make one last stand. Show the evidence to Congress and the American people that Iran and Syria are waging war against us and declare war against Iran and Syria.

Otherwise, our only hope of winning this war is for a Democratic Congress supporting a hawkish Democratic President.

Update: And a more thoughtful article


Update 2: Wretchard points out the same thing.