“A new national intelligence estimate concludes that President Bush’s troop surge shows no signs of accomplishing its goal of encouraging political reconciliation in Iraq.”
“And now it appears that the only thing the surge has bought him is time — nine months or maybe a year, during which he was able to postpone the inevitable.”
“What has that year cost America — and Iraq? For starters, a year in Iraq translates to over 1,000 more dead American soldiers; over $100 billion more in direct appropriations; over 15,000 more dead Iraqi civilians; and countless grievous wounds and shattered families both here and there.”

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[tags]Iraq, War, Surge[/tags]