Bush's Dada Period
Bush's statements to the effect that he was going to send more troops but he was still waiting to hear from his "experts" were rather curious (http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/20/bush.main/index.html). Why make a statement about increasing or decreasing troops when it has not been decided what course of action will be taken? The only plausible (and it's a stretch) explanation may be that he is trying to see what the reactions will be from different quarters on an increase in troop levels.
Looks like he is opening up to more subtle variations like we are not winning and we are not losing. Is, "It is an iteresting construct that you may not be with us but you might not be against us.", next? The statements sound more and more like those of a character from Alice in Wonderland: Absurd.