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Gaffer
well all the "legitimate" news sources I have read say just the opposite of rolling stoned. The surge is working and its not even fully under way. Sadr has run off to iran. Hundreds of al queda and other thugs have been killed or captured, tons of arms and ammunition have been captured. The iraqi government is taking on a lot more of the responsibility and the people are coming forward to tell where the bad guys are hiding out. Sounds pretty successful so far.
Of course once we win there psyco will be really upset. Are you related to baghdad bob by any chance psyco?
Look at the big picture though. The violence is not stopping, there are still suicide bombings and death squads killing people on a daily basis. Increasing troop levels by 25,000 will help, but it won't solve the problem. To really secure Iraq I think we would need to increase troops levels dramatically more than what the President is proposing, and in the grand scheme of things I don't think that the sacrifices such a huge military operation would require justify the benefits for the United States.
"Let me at least not die without a struggle, inglorious, but having done some big thing first, for men to come to know of." - Hector