re: #659 yma o hyd

Well, they can do what President Bush did to increase the numbers temporarily. He can hold the returns, so that the 200 going home and the 200 replacements are there at the same time - a 200 soldier increase for X period.

The problem is that the Democrats simply want to bring ‘em all home. From both Iraq and Afghanistan. They are still the defeatists and cut and runners. They just know that to do so would expose them for 2010, and their chances of holding on to power slip away. So Obama has to curry favor with GOPers to keep the Afghan operations running. He can’t count on Democrats, because he’s too busy pandering to them to get out of Iraq.