NBC News pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski reports that an administration official admitted to him that the surge option is more of a political decision than a military one.

Only weeks ago, CentCom commander Gen. John Abizaid testified to Congress;

I met with every divisional commander, General Casey, the corps commander, General Dempsey, we all talked together. And I said, in your professional opinion, if we were to bring in more American Troops now, does it add considerably to our ability to achieve success in Iraq? And they all said no

It’s almost unbelieveable that the administration would turn to a temporary military fix–that will only worsten problems–as a political ploy to shore up support for the war. As usual with this aminisatration, there is no answer to the question, “Then what?” Congress must act to stop this madness.