Surging into chaos


While John McCain takes a casual stroll in Baghdad (accompanied by a mere 100 soldiers and two helicopters) amid claims of surge success because of a slight downturn in Baghdad violence, non-Baghdad Iraq is dissolving further into chaos. Seems to me that just such an outcome was predicted for the "surge". Bush keeps warning us that setting an exit date will just allow the enemy (whoever the enemy might be, that's never really been clear) to wait us out. But announcing a "surge" aimed at tamping down violence in one place effectively notifies the "enemy" that it ought to concentrate its efforts elsewhere, which is exactly what is happening.
Posted: Monday - April 02, 2007 at 07:20 PM          

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