Here are some excerpts from the Star Tribune:
....In an interview with the Washington Post, Bush said he has instructed newly sworn-in Defense Secretary Robert Gates to report back to him with a plan to increase ground forces. The president gave no estimates about how many troops may be added but indicated that he agreed with suggestions in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill that the current military is stretched too thin to cope with the demands placed on it.
The president's decision comes at a time when he is rethinking his strategy in Iraq and considering, among other options, a short-term surge in troop levels to try to secure violence-torn Baghdad. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are resisting the idea during internal debates, in part out of the conviction that it will further strain already-pressed forces.
The military is also concerned that even temporarily shipping thousands more troops would be largely ineffective in the absence of bold new political and economic steps....
Even though the spin doctors in the administration have stated that there is no disagreement between Bush and the Joint Chiefs, we must remember this about the Bush White House---- They have lied to us before and they continue to lie. We cannot believe anything they say.
