bush says: US troops will be redeployed to Baghdad

[katty]

more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5212292.stm

US boosts Baghdad security force

The two leaders want to end violence in the Iraqi capital
US President George W Bush has announced that US troops will be redeployed to Baghdad to combat the deteriorating security situation.

The deployments would "better reflect the current conditions on the ground", he said at a joint news conference in Washington with Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki.

The troops would help to secure suburbs where militants operated, he said.

An average of more than 100 civilians per day were killed in Iraqi violence in May and June, according to the UN.

[C_U_L8R]

1. What's the definition of madness again?

[katty]

3. bush/cheney the living definitions of stark, raving madmen

[arcane1]

2. oh great, we're going to "secure suburbs"

in other words, kill a whole lotta Iraqi civilians, and blame it on the "insurgents" we were aiming at

:puke:

[peacebird]

4. get the troops close to the green zone for the inevitable helo outta hell?

on edit - so the troops can protect the green zone while the bushbots climb on the helo outta hell that is....

[TomInTib]

5. Saigon redux.

Give up countryside that you barely (if at all) hold.

I predicted last week that the Green Zone would be encircled by a kinetic nucleus within 6 weeks.

Haven't any of these idiots studied the history of engagement?

[patcox2]

6. We may get the urban war we dreaded.

This is so insane.