It's not a hard thing to do

It's easy for him to say it (from Media Matters):

On the December 16 edition of Fox News' Journal Editorial Report, after Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley claimed that it would be "very difficult," politically, for President Bush to increase troop levels in Iraq, fellow Journal board member Robert Pollock countered: "[A]ll that means is decreasing the length of some breaks from tours of duty and increasing the lengths of some tours of duty." Pollock added: "That's not a hard thing to do."

He's not the one going back for a third tour of duty, this time for 15 to 18 months instead of 12. Somehow, I doubt that too many of the troops are applauding this move.

Something that also doesn't get mentioned alot, in addition to stretching the troops beyond the breaking point, we're stretching the equipment beyond the breaking point too. The extra 50K troops Bush seems to be talking about are going to have to go in without equipment.