Iraq: Buying time

Gen. Peter Pace, outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the current U.S.-led offensive was "exactly what needs to be done." He said it "buys time for the Iraqi government....This is the right thing to do." Link

db: The reinforcements [that's "the surge" oh brainwashed ones] are intended to prop up the occupation in its current form just long enough for Bush to exit whilst he is still relatively 'on top' .... in teletubbyland.