Joint Chiefs: Please don't listen to John McCain!

The Joint Chiefs say Senator McCain's idea of increasing troop levels in Iraq is totally fucking stupid:

The chiefs do not favor adding significant numbers of troops to Iraq, said sources familiar with their thinking, but see strengthening the Iraqi army as pivotal to achieving some degree of stability. They also are pressing for a much greater U.S. effort on economic reconstruction and political reconciliation.

Of course what they do advocate is the same old shit that hasn't worked thus far.

During the '04 election Bush said Iraqi troops were getting trained quickly and would soon take charge. Has it happened? Not so much. The Iraqi troops are riddled with insurgents, are notoriously undisciplined and unprofessional, and have a habit of avoiding conflict or switching sides. The death squads and militias operate freely, their power has only grown and continues to do so.

The entire time they have said they are doing everything they can to rebuild the Iraqi economy. Has it happened? Not at all. They've spent billions of dollars (and can't account for where a lot of it went) and the economy is in the worst shape it has ever been. Water, sewer, and electricity are the worst they have ever been and only continue to get deteriorate.

Inhale or get off the pot, assholes.