From Think Progress
By Amanda

Last night on NBC Nightly News, Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski said that many military officials are suspicious of President Bush’s announcement that he plans to increase the size of the armed forces. They believe that he’s dangling that offer out there in an effort to buy the military support for the option to surge additional American troops into Iraq as if it’s some kind of tradeoff.

Miklaszewski added that military leaders are also still opposed to an increase in U.S. troops in Iraq, believing it would be like throwing kerosene on a fire.

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