Support the Troops the fuck up

A surge isn't a surge when it's extended a half Friedman:

ABC News has learned that the Pentagon is considering extending the tours of duty for every active duty soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Forget small extensions and trickles of National Guard troops. Under the proposal, deployments for active duty soldiers would be extended from the current 12 months to 15 months. Senior Defense Department officials say the idea has already been presented to Defense Secretary Gates. A decision is expected as early as this week.

"These soldiers have paid the price for this policy for four years. Now they are being given an additional burden to bear, and it will be a cause of concern for the soldiers and even more so for the families," says retired Gen. William Nash.

Can we call it an ESCALATION now?

I'm so glad that Commandante Generalissimo Emperor Maximo Gigante Mucho Primo Magnifico Presidente Bush is offering the "Demo(n)crat" Leadership into his presence ("avert your eyes and back out when leaving") so that he may tell 'em why they must do his bidding all in a spirit of compromise.

This plan would be unwelcome news to soldiers who have already had two and sometimes three deployments in Iraq, but officials say there is something of a silver lining: Under the plan, soldiers would be guaranteed at least 12 months at home between deployments.

Isn't that 12 months what they are supposed to be guaranteed (and not getting) already?

"So many of the people in the arena here serving in Iraq, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this--this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them."