Bush listens to his generals on the ground? Not according to this.

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General asking for more troop in Afghanistan (7500). Bush to finally send 3000.


WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is preparing to send at least 3,000 Marines to Afghanistan in April to bolster efforts to hold off another expected Taliban offensive in the spring, military officials said Wednesday.


The move represents a shift in Pentagon thinking that has been slowly developing after months of repeated insistence that the U.S. was not inclined to fill the need for as many as 7,500 more troops that commanders have asked for there. Instead, Defense Secretary Robert Gates pressed NATO allies to contribute the extra forces.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan

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1. Bush has never listened to his generals on Iraq

or he wouldn't have gone into the country in the first place. He's been too busy turning his tin ear to the latest fearmongerings of the neocons to actually listened to cold, dispassionate analysis.