LA Times asks for another Friedman

That's right.  The LA Times, in an editorial, has asked Congress to back off for another Friedman Unit to see if the "surge" is working.  The entire gist of the article seems to be, Democrats should wait another few months to do what they are doing right now because if they do it now it's somehow purely political.

If the United States, through a last-ditch military effort combined with political initiatives, can quell the violence in Iraq and demonstrate progress, then a U.S. military presence for more than the congressionally approved year might be a good investment. But if the troop surge, after some months, fails to improve either the security or political situation, then a year would be too long to leave U.S. troops in Iraq.

I found the rest of the editorial to be frustrating for 2 reasons(other than asking for another F.U.)  It's parroting Right-Wing Framing and more than once it contradicts itself.

First of all, the title of the Editorial makes the "DUH!" of a statement, "Congress isn't commander in chief".

The withdrawal language is wrongheaded. As we have argued before, it is bad precedent and bad public policy for Congress to attempt to micromanage military operations in Iraq. As Bush said Wednesday: "It makes no sense for politicians in Washington, D.C., to be dictating arbitrary timelines for our military commanders in a war zone 6,000 miles away."

First of all this is a Right-Wing Parrot.  Ergo, easily debunkable.
Congress dictates policy.  Congress would dictate that you get the hell out of Iraq.  If congress put in the Bill, "Leave ASAP".  President Bush would probably just keep coming back and asking for F.U.  As an aside it made no sense to invade Iraq, but that certainly didn't stop anyone.

Here's the part of the article that's self contradictory.

None of this is to say that Congress must sit by passively. If a majority of the people's representatives conclude that the effort to stabilize Iraq has failed, then Congress should vote to cut off war funding. That is its constitutional privilege

Well, apparently, Congress doesn't need another 1, 2, or 3 more FUs to figure out that Iraqi stabilization hasn't worked and they are now voting to cutoff funding.  They might be able to make that argument if they believed that the surge was working, but they don't!

Unfortunately, the Maliki government appears incapable of winning credibility and support among Iraqis.

In conclusion, it appears that when the LA Times announced an editorial transformation it meant it's going to become a part of the Right Wing Noise Machine.