Can someone tell that if the surge is working so well why?

Question

Haven't Iraq's elected officials done the political work that Bush and His Generals say must be done for this war to end, is it really working if the political solutions aren't happening and there is still no end in sight or is it just another false flag from this administration

Booman it has EVERYTHING to do with it, it's the freaking supposed reason for the surge God some people are just way too far out there even for this site

Haven't seen one of you right wingers yet answer the question, wher is the freaking politcal heavy lifting this surge was for there folks

Answer 1

Yes, it does appear we have a bit of MILITARY success. However that can be short lived if something doesn't happen in the political arena in Iraq. They need a political solution to the issues between the Shia, Suni, and Kurd factions as well as the infidels on their sacred land. Once these are resolved the hostilities will cease for good. Until then the radicals are merely waiting, biding their time until things are right for more or different types of rebellion.

Answer 2

Weird isn't it? We have experts like our military training their military and it is working great. We have contractors working on training their engineers and the country infrastructure is doing great. But we have a big problem with the Legislative Branch in Iraq completing the benchmarks our Legislative branch demanded that President Bush establish to monitor their progress. Meanwhile here at home we have a Legislative Branch that has basically done less than the Iraqi Parliament and we wonder why the Iraqi Parliament doesn't do more. Could it be that the "Career Politicians" our Legislative experts refuse to be part of the solution and only want to be a part of the problem? I think so, the surge has nothing to do with the internal politics of Iraq and the experts who could assist them want us to leave. The failure isn't a novice group of politicians from Iraq, it's expert politicians from this country.

Answer 3

the political solutions for which the "surge" was to provide protective cover have been in negotiations for over a thousand years.

thank god we thought we could impose democracy - as if democracy were a commandment from god - and get it all hammered out in "six days, six weeks, I doubt six months".

name a flag - any flag - that this administration has raised about this invasion that has been spot-on truth.

we can't.

Answer 4

Less troop deaths, more dead terrorists, Baghdad seeing a massive return of refugees, fewer terrorist attacks, tribal chiefs siding with the Iraqis and us by hunting Al Qaida as well, and conditions improving.

Kinda hard to ignore facts....unless you are a member of the media, or a liberal. That automatically means you want the US to lose to get a liberal elected to the Presidency.

Answer 5

Friends serving there have told us that it is, they are seeing local business trying to re-open, more people are coming back out into the streets. In some areas, there is growing stability.

Answer 6

I think the first reports that the surge was working came from the foreign press. (that would never be reported here)

Why do people in the US try so hard to argue that we are losing the war?

Answer 7

The internal struggle in the political arena has nothing to do with the effectiveness of the surge, now does it?

Answer 8

Why do you people insist in making a $h1t sandwich out of

a filet mignon!

Answer 9

That is a perplexing question.Kinda like trying to figure out why liberals want the US to lose the war.

Answer 10

It really isn't working that well.

Essentially, they have bought some stability by giving former insurgents more power in the form of weapons and money.

As soon as they stop supplying weapons and money ... poof ... we're back to chaos.