Bush's "army increase" a bribe?

NBCNews had an exchange where Jim Miklaszewski reported that the Bush request for a larger army was inteded as a bribe to the Pentagon top seek an endorsement for the "surge."

Also: The story of the Iraqi ex-minister who escaped is getting stranger and stranger. He's an Iraqi American expat from Chicago who supported the invasion, was appointed by Bremer, and has donated to the Republican party.

I don't think his political donations are in and of themselves incriminating, but this guy is sounding more and more like a Chalabi style opportunist.