Daniel Schorr, speaking to Scott Simon on NPR this morning, says that the British have been informed that President Obama will grant the request for 40,000 more troops.  I really hope this isn't true.  If it is I've really had enough of compromising single payer before negotiations begin, having Obama read books explaining the nightmare of escalation in Vietnam then escalating in Afghanistan, stalling around on "don't ask, don't tell", not regulating the "too big to fail" financial institutions that are destroying us, etc.  We (and he) can do better than this.