Is this the new direction in Iraq?

Bush weighing deeper commitment in Iraq, officials say

_A possible short-term surge of as many as 40,000 more American troops to try to secure Baghdad, along with a permanent increase in the size of the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps, which are badly strained by deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

WTF is "short-term?" More than 1 second is too long.

And is this what we elected the Dems for?

Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress are likely to drive U.S. military budgets even higher in 2007, experts say.



... because Democrats are afraid to appear weak on national security, they are likely to continue funding Cold War weapons systems like the F-22 fighter plane, which was designed to address projected Soviet capabilities that no longer exist.

Two parties - same old crap except for a few exceptions.