Why is Bush giving credit to the surge in Anbar when it is the Sunnis that have made any difference there?

Question

ken s (below) Being honest does not equate to hating anyone. Some day, neo-cons might figure that out.

heavysarcasm (below) - "You really hate to see the US succeed don't you"

Sorry, living in a fantasy world created by the Bush admin isn't my definition of success. Telling the truth about matters simply makes more sense to me. It has been lie after lie with Bush. It is his lies that got the US into this mess. Now his lies want to keep the US in the current bad situation.

Answer 1

You really hate to see the US succeed don't you?
The Sunnis are working with us because they know they have our support now. This is a good thing for the US. We are using tactics that are helping to stabilize a very hostile region of Iraq. We are working with the people who are indigenous to that region. The more we succeed the sooner our troops can come home with a sense of accomplishment. After all, it is the Iraqi's who will need to be able to secure themselves. The more stable things are in Iraq the better for the whole Middle East.
Why just find a way to see the negatives in every positive?

Answer 2

For the same reason that he has taken credit for numerous terrorist attacks that have been thwarted in the last four years when nobody in his administration had anything to do with stopping them. He knows that there are at least 30 million Americans that will swallow every load that he feeds them.

Also, it gives talking points to Rush Limbaugh.

Answer 3

without the troops iraqies can do nothing,without the american air foce support the iraqi army is useless.

p.s : i'm iraqi(sunni) and i live in baghdad

Answer 4

Because it's a fine line . . . we'll see if this translates into national government.

Answer 5

you've been listening to Sen Schumer too much.

Answer 6

I guess OUR troops had nothing to do with it acording to the dems. Why do they hate our military so?