1.0 link 38375 <![CDATA[A Surge in American Forces is Unacceptable]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-john-murtha/a-surge-in-american-force_b_38375.html A year ago, I said this was a failed policy wrapped in an illusion. The President has finally acknowledged this.

Five months ago, we put an additional 10,000 troops in Baghdad. Attacks increased and a record number of Americans and Iraqis were killed. I see no difference between this and the President's plan to "stay the course."

I am particularly disappointed that there are no credible benchmarks and no way to measure the military and economic progress of this operation. There...

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