Or is it merely another testament to General Shinseki's assessment that we needed more boots on the ground to begin with, and therefore more evidence regarding Rummy's egomaniacal incompetence?
2007-11-26 04:50:47 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
you know what?
at this point, if 'calling' the surge a great success is what it will take to get the troops either redeployed or sent home - then fine.
the surge is a GREAT SUCCESS!
2007-11-26 04:54:24 · answer #1 · answered by nostradamus02012 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
No, the stated objective has not been met, FAILING but not over yet. The surge has pumped out even more BILLIONS of our tax dollars for those war profiteers like Haliburton so that would make it a success in DICK cheney's eyes but not the MAJORITY of American's eye's.
2007-11-26 13:21:18 · answer #2 · answered by HP 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does calling it a success mean our troops are coming home?
if not then lets face the reality, that one week they are calling it success, and the next they are saying the violence has got worse in some other part of the country.
usually calling it a success is followed by Bush asking for more money.
I guess it depends on what statistics you are using, and which areas of the country you are excluding.
2007-11-26 12:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Ask soldiers who enlisted or re-inlisted after we went to Iraq. (do not get the opinions of those who signed up for bonuses and the GI bill and are pissed off that they are there) Ask someone who is FROM Iraq. Those are the people who will tell you that the surge has helped quite a bit, and that our soldiers are making a lot of progress in training Iraqis to become self-sufficient in protection, and that Iraqi citizens are VERY MUCH better off than they were. I have friends and family in Iraq (WHO ENLISTED OR RE-ENLISTED to be there) as well as some very close friends from Iraq who are horrified that we might pull out and leave their families in a situation ALMOST AS BAD as Saddam was.
Steam...4,000,000???? WOW! I have not heard anyone exagerate that badly yet. You get today's BS award!
2007-11-26 12:56:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes. Also the fact that there about 4,000,000 less Iraqi's to deal with either do to death or displacement.
2007-11-26 12:55:04 · answer #5 · answered by Steam 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes it is and we could have settled iraq with 50 people if the iraqi people had stood up. so no to the second.
2007-11-26 12:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by BRYAN H 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sure is Did you see all those Open ended "Up Armor" Contracts.
2007-11-26 12:56:44 · answer #7 · answered by whirling W dervish 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋