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To: jlallen who wrote (421990)	10/3/2008 9:30:26 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574098

"Palin got McKieran's name wrong but she was not wrong about the rest of it...." No she didn't. Yes, he wants more troops. Any commander usually does. Here is what he actually said. "The word I don't use for Afghanistan is 'surge,' " McKiernan stressed, saying that what is required is a "sustained commitment" to a counterinsurgency effort that could last many years and would ultimately require a political, not military, solution. washingtonpost.com The surge was a temporary increase in troops.