> > > The surge is not a surge, it is a homage. > > > > > Yeah, a homage to the Bush Doctrine and a > > homage to the surge plan of General David > > Petraeus. > > off_world_beings wrote: > It is not the Bush doctrine... > Listen, you numb-skull, the Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of former United States president George W. Bush. You need to get some smarts before you open your big pie-hole, Sir.
"The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to secure itself from countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups, which was used to justify the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan..." Bush Doctrine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine The surge in Afghanistan is a homage to the Bush policy of the surge in Iraq. "On September 10, 2007, David Petraeus delivered his part of the Report to Congress on the Situation in Iraq..." Iraq War troop surge of 2007: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007
