Because it's working so well in Iraq...

...US Secretary of Defense Robert ("No Expert on Military Matters") Gates wants to send more troops to Afghanistan too. It's to "build on the success" there, he says, or maybe just so nobody will feel left out. Only this time they're not calling it a Surge™, they're calling it...wait, wanna guess? Nawww. You'll never guess. They're calling it a short-term plus-up.

No joke.

“Clearly any kind of deployment of forces is going to add short-term strain,” [Gen. Peter Pace] said...."For a short-term plus-up, you could have a success that makes you have less stress on the force over a longer period of time.”

Got that? Really?

WIIIAI suggests they only use these dopey terms so then can giggle when those newsy Faux anchorbimbos try to say them with a straight face. WIIAI might be right. I don't watch Faux much but if I did, that's why I would.

But what'll be really funny is when Condi tries to call that an "augmentation," huh?