Now I know what you're thinking.
“That sounds just like the old strategy."
Well it's not. Why? Because the president said the old strategy is now new.
He went on to say that he wasn't sending our troops over into an open ended war. Then he said he didn't have a specific end date in mind. He really didn't know when the extra 20,000 troops would come back.
Now I know you're wondering.
"If there is no end, isn't that open ended?"
No it's not. Because the president redefined open ended.
He said that he is no longer in a 'Stay the Course' strategy.
He will change the course by sending the troops to help Iraq stabilize its de-mocracy.
I know... I know... You're thinking "that sounds remarkably like the original course?"
Well it's not. You know why.
So it should have been no surprise to see Sec of State Condi Rice testifying be-fore Congress, scowling at the notion that adding 20,000 troops is an escala-tion. It's an "augmentation," she corrected.
augmentation noun: the action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount.
Obviously that wasn't taken from an administration dictionary.
