More, he wants more!

Jerry Mazza, Online Journal Associate Editor

No, it’s not Oliver Twist asking fat master Bumble for another bowl of gruel. It’s President Bush asking his well-fed NATO allies for more troops. This time they’re to combat "fierce fighting" which may flare in Afghanistan this spring. The New York Times said Bush "pressed NATO allies to provide a bigger and more aggressive force to guard against a resurgence by the Taliban and Al Qaeda that could threaten the fragile Afghan state." Yet is it likely that NATO or the Congress will react with the indignity of Dickens’ Bumble or his superiors, Mr. Limbkins and Mr. Flinders, who suggested that one day "That boy will be hung. I know that boy will be hung." Yet Mr. Bush seems constantly starved for more troops, more billions of dollars to support them, more need to cover his thinning flanks, more wars to start in more countries, his power-hungry ideologues prodding him to ask for "more" and "more" each day...

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