No More 'Surge' Protection? Now Oliver North Comes Out Against Iraq Plan

[CatWoman]

NEW YORK Bob Herbert and our own Joe Galloway, you'd expect -- even, by this point, Thomas Friedman -- but Oliver North? But it happened, in the hawkish Fox News contributor's new syndicated column, where he came out against President Bush's reported plan to escalate the number of U.S. troops in Iraq.

North recalls that on his recent return to Iraq, "Not one of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen or Marines I interviewed told me that they wanted more U.S. boots on the ground. In fact, nearly all expressed just the opposite: 'We don't need more American troops, we need more Iraqi troops,' was a common refrain. They are right.

"The call for incrementally increasing U.S. troop strength in Iraq -- a 'solution' that was first proffered last summer as the congressional election campaign heated up -- sounds eerily like Lyndon Johnson's plan to save Vietnam in the mid 1960s....

"Adding 10,000 or 20,000 more U.S. combat troops -- mostly soldiers and Marines -- isn't going to improve Iraqi willingness to fight their own fight -- an imperative if we are to claim victory in this war....

"A 'surge' or 'targeted increase in U.S. troop strength' or whatever the politicians want to call dispatching more combat troops to Iraq isn't the answer. Adding more trainers and helping the Iraqis to help themselves, is. Sending more U.S. combat troops is simply sending more targets."

The entire column can be found at: www.humanevents.com.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003528386

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. For some crazy reason...

Now I'm thinking maybe a surge is a good idea.

Fucking Oliver North.

[CatWoman]

3. who next?

Pat Robinson?

Brit Hume?

Dick Morris?

:rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Ronald Reagan is going to have to dig himself out of his grave.

And say, "Jesus, this Bush guy is nuts."

:rofl:

[sam sarrha]

2. last time we had a surge it bunt up our refrigerator

[liberal renegade]

5. Oliver North

Why isn't that gapped tooth scumbag in jail?

[villager]

6. hey now, I'm gap-toothed...

;-)

[liberal renegade]

7. but your not a

Scumbag

[villager]

10. if you ask pretty much anybody but my ex-wife, that's right.

n/t

[northofdenali]

8. Hey, tenacious, don't insult scumbags!!

:P Welcome to DU :hi:

[liberal renegade]

9. my apologies

and thanks for the welcome.

[bananarepublican]

11. This is the exact opposite of what O'Lielly said upon his recent return from Iraq!

What a conundrum! Of the two, who has more integrity? Ollie "Iran Contra" North or Bill "phone fantasies" O'Reilly?

[Lord Balto]

12. You misspelled condum...

Well, considering Ollie was actually in the military, I'd have to say he has more integrity than any of the talking a-holes on Faux News who never served anywhere except in the dining room.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

13. LOL

Sure, he lies under oath. But he's got that nice spiffy uniform.