U.S. Foreign Policy Experts Oppose Surge

Let's see, the military opposes the surge. The people oppose the surge. And now the foreign policy experts oppose it. But then again you knew that already, Mr.President:

More than half of top U.S. foreign policy experts oppose President George W. Bush's troop increase as a strategy for stabilizing Baghdad, saying the plan has harmed U.S. national security, according to a new survey.

As Congress and the White House await the September release of a key progress report on Iraq, 53 percent of the experts polled by Foreign Policy magazine and the Center for American Progress said they now oppose Bush's troop build-up.

Of course the apologists for this war will dismiss the survey as coming from pinkos, soft on terrorism:

The survey of 108 experts, including Republicans and Democrats, showed opposition to the so-called "surge" across the political spectrum, with about two-thirds of conservatives saying it has been ineffective or made things worse in Iraq.