Surge, but...

Yesterday Harry Reid gave the Bush administration an inch.

The Senate's top Democrat offered qualified support Sunday for a plan to increase U.S. troops in Iraq, saying it would be acceptable as part of a broader strategy to bring combat forces home by 2008.

"If the commanders on the ground said this is just for a short period of time, we'll go along with that," said Reid, D-Nev., citing a time frame such as two months to three months. But a period of 18 months to 24 months would be too long, he said. ["but" emphasis mine]

Fine, surge away. Take thousands of American lives. Take countless of Iraqi lives. Only to end up right where you started. It's immoral and I for one cannot give Harry Reid the benefit of the doubt as some in the blogosphere are doing right now. It's exactly how the Democrats capitulated in '02 and allowed this insane war to move forward in the first place. Give Bush & Cheney an inch and they will take a mile. They will escalate now and they will escalate again tomorrow. They will escalate until their term is up. There can be no more "I supported the war, but..." There can be no more "I voted to give them authority, but really didn't think they would use it." There can be no more surrender to the administration and its face-saving plans.

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