Good News in Iraq: the surge is working!

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<p>Was there ever any doubt? I knew that before I clicked the link to open the tread.</p>

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<p>Not to mention the fact that Bush’s favorite benchmark is the Malaki government letting the US “go after” Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army “death squad” militia. So, the Iraqi Parliament passing a rule that prevents the US from going near a mosque guarded by (and presumably serving as a base for) the Mahdi Army is a direct slap in the face.</p>

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<p>Well, I think the forum is misnamed. The surge is over. The timeframe during which is was supposed to work (if you remember from November) is already passed. Now we are on to full-scale escalation of more hostile, aggressive occupiers, or to paraphrase Dick Morris, we are now sending in larger numbers of “suicide death squads”.</p>

<p>I am feeling safer, though (must be something I ate).</p>

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<p>Good point. I think we should declare that we have won the surge!</p>

<p>BTW, my vote for pithiest line of the week from a politician came from Carl Levin after a meeting with the Iraqi deputy prime minister who “explained” the need for time to educate a generation of Iraqis about democracy.</p>

<p>“That’s too long”, replied Levin.</p>

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<p>Well, if our goal was to make the Green Zone less safe, increase the rate of GI casualties, fracture the Iraqi government, increase suicide bombings, and ramp up the violence in the more peaceful parts of the country, victory is clear!</p>

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<p>“Increase GI casualties” - that’s exactly the point, according to Dick Morris. If there are Americans to kill just around the corner, there’s no sense for “them” to come here. So what we are seeing is an increase in American “suicide death squads”.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, General Mixon says he needs more troops, just as General Petraeus wrote they would. So much for listening to leaders “on the ground”. </p>

<p>There should be benchmarks for the phased withdrawal. Monday, the troop transport planes arrive. Tuesday they pack up the camps. Wednesday they all bus to the airports. Thursday they get on the planes. Friday the “sovereign” government takes over. (Now, to be fair, this is well past the benchmarks set by Rep. Murtha, but there’s no way to backdate it.)</p>