Mike the Usurper wrote:
I'm going to take a different tack here. The surge may well decrease violence, but the purpose is to decrease the violence so the Iraqi government has breathing room to get their shit together. If the violence goes down, but that doesn't happen, then the surge has failed whether it was militarily successful or not.
Given the events of the past six weeks, the complete pullout from the government by the Sunnis, the pullout by the Sadr faction, the damning of the Maliki government from all sides, and the murders of two provincial governors, whether the surge is militarily successful or not, is not relevant.
These people must reach certain milestones in order for you to stay. Perhaps they haven't reached those milestones because they don't want you to stay.
