War on the war in Afghanistan begins

President Obama said today that he will announce his decision on whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan next Tuesday. While he gave no firm indication on what he is going to request, the expectation is that he will announce somewhere around 30,000 additional troops. Two powerful Democrats in Congress, House Appropriations Chairman David Obey and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin, plan to introduce legislation calling for a war tax to finance it.  It’s a clever move for Democrats who do not support the war as they will be able to position themselves not as anti-war, but as fiscally responsible.  The war in Washington over the war in Afghanistan is probably just starting.  Watch out for flying spittle on the cable news.