Get a clue.
He's got the lame duck Republican congress for 2 more months....you don't think he's not going to use it, do you? Of course he is! Because, you might as well face it, we're addicted to oil....
US plans last big push in IraqStrategy document calls for extra 20,000 troops, aid for Iraqi army and regional summits Simon Tisdall Thursday November 16, 2006The Guardian
A farewell ceremony for US troops deployed to Iraq. Instead of a troop withdrawal next year, Bush is thinking of increasing the numbers.
President George Bush has told senior advisers that the US and its allies must make "a last big push" to win the war in Iraq and that instead of beginning a troop withdrawal next year, he may increase US forces by up to 20,000 soldiers, according to sources familiar with the administration's internal deliberations.
Mr Bush's refusal to give ground, coming in the teeth of growing calls in the US and Britain for a radical rethink or a swift exit, is having a decisive impact on the policy review being conducted by the Iraq Study Group chaired by Bush family loyalist James Baker, the sources said.
