But here at HuffPo Adam Green tracks the trajectory...
Between November 19 and November 22, there was a series of leaks by "senior officials" to the press - linking a possible "surge" to the concept of "short-term."
"Short-term surge," reported the New York Times and MSNBC. "Short period," reported the Washington Post. "Temporary surge," reported the Christian Science Monitor. ABC's Jonathan Karl even reported a "temporary surge of no more than 60 days."
Up...and down.
On January 9, in a Sacramento Bee op-ed, McCain wrote: "The worst of all worlds would be a small, short surge of U.S. forces."
And. Plop.
On January 10, hours before Bush's big speech, the New York Times reported, "Mr. Snow last night said that the president would not be using the word 'surge' in his speech, adding that it implied what he called a 'rush hour' approach to a serious policy."
Indeed. Whaddaya mean, "rush"? "Two or three years" is the last we've heard from the new(est) US operational commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno.
DOOFUS runs out the clock.
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