Retired General Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Commander and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, argues in a column published in the UK's Independent on Sunday. that President Bush's "'surge' will backfire."
Clark writes: "The odds are that President George Bush will announce a 'surge' of up to 20,000 additional US troops in Iraq. But why? Will this deliver a 'win'? The answers: a combination of misunderstanding and desperation; and, probably not."
On Sunday, another UK paper, The Observer reports that "leaks and statements in Washington and Baghdad ahead of [Bush's] announcement, expected on Tuesday," indicate that the escalation may be as high as 30,000. More on the story.
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