The fall of the city of Ramadi and doubts about the Iraqi army’s will to fight the Islamic State have a growing number of Republicans and military strategists proposing the once unthinkable: sending tens of thousands of American troops back to Iraq.

Call it another “surge.” But advocates say it shouldn’t look like the last one.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a 2016 candidate for president, recently called for sending 10,000 troops to Iraq. Fellow GOP presidential hopefuls Rick Perry, Scott Walker and George Pataki say they’re open to the idea. Last week, two key architects of George W. Bush’s 2007 troop surge told the Senate that up to 20,000 additional U.S. troops are needed to defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. They’ve found an ally in Sen. John McCain, a longtime Republican hawk.

Read the article “ANALYSIS: Is It Time for a New U.S. Troop ‘Surge’ in Iraq?” on politico.com.