A surge in the surge

AFP:

The top US commander in Iraq has requested 2,200 more US military police to oversee people detained in the ongoing crackdown in Baghdad, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.

Gates said the troops requested by General David Petraeus were in addition to the 21,500 combat troops and 2,400 support troops being sent to Iraq as part of a planned surge in US forces.

"So that's a new requirement by a new commander subsequent to the submission to the supplemental to the Congress," Gates said, referring to a recent request for additional Iraq war funding.

Insanity.