The Senate Armed Services Committee held hearing today on Gen. George Casey’s nomination to be Army chief of staff. The former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq told the committee that he had asked the president to send two additional brigades–less than half the number the president is sending–to Iraq to improve the security situation. Asked by Senator John Warner why he hadn’t requested additional forces, Casey said “I did not want to bring one more American soldier into Iraq than was necessary to accomplish the mission.” This kind of logic has handicapped the American effort in Iraq for years, and was summed up by William J. Stuntz in the pages of THE WEEKLY STANDARD in November of last year. Said Stuntz,