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Although it's not exactly decided yet it would seem that our Decider-in-Chief has indeed decided upon a "temporary surge" of an additional 20, 000 troops to stem the sectarian violence in Baghdad. If any of you are wondering where these extra troops are coming from, don't you worry, the decider has it covered. He's just going to extend the Iraqi tours of some Marine regiments - which should cheer those troops up some.
Obviously this was no easy decision to decide. Well, at least not for the president, who after making the tough decision, channel-surfed some realitly tv before struggling into his favorite cowboy PJ's and hitting the hay for his well deserved rest. Man that boy can sleep.
Most sixty-year olds have sleeping difficulties of one kind or another. It comes with the territory. A territory riddled for most folks by worries over money, useless children who hate you, car troubles, prostrate problems, digital exams, job security, and the creeping sense of mortality that comes from knowing you're living on borrowed time. But what the Decider instinctfully understands is that if you don't know about this stuff, and you don't read about any of it ever - and if you're rich, which is the most important part of the equation - then you'll sleep like the cat who ate the canary. And you can take my word for it, there comes a time when sleep is worth its weight in gold. (In fact, let me advise you on the two unfairest aspects of male existence - there are two key milestones in a man's life: when he sadly realizes that he is no longer a sex symbol but merely a father figure; and when that first milestone just don't matter anymore. And, oddly, I suspect the president reached those milestones early on, about the time he quit drinking and realized for himself how sinister sex seems when sober, which may be the reason he recently decided to read a book, The Stranger, by that French guy.)
Being the Decider-in-Chief is a lonely job, especially when you know you're pretty much responsible for some of the worst decisions made in our time. Heck, that's why he keeps telling everyone that Truman was even a worst president than he is until history dictated otherwise, and now everyone admires Truman, except for maybe some Douglas MacArthur holdouts, and those bolsheviks who are still upset over Hiroshima and the other place. But the point is, history might prejudge the decider differently from what a lot of us think.
Which brings us full circle back to the surge. Sure, 20, 000 additional troops aren't going to make a difference in the long run, which, apparently, is what we're in for; and the Decider would be among the first to admit it, if he were that kind of guy, but given the choice between two decisions, one good, and one bad, which would you pick?