Escalation

So, by Bush's leave, it's an escalation of the war in Iraq. The additional 21,500 troops will be sent into Baghdad and Anbar province to pacify the area. I think the concept is fatally flawed - per Andrew Sullivan, "enough troops to lose" - but that was never the point, was it?

The real question is this: given the substantial opposition to the troop increase among Democrats (and in surprising quarters of the Republican Party), and given that the Democrats control both the House and the Senate, will the Legislature regain its composure and dignity long enough to oppose a policy they detest?

My money's on "no."