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Originally Posted by sailaway21
Here's a pretty clear reading of the surge and Woodward's view of it. I'd like to think that it parallels what I posted earlier.
Woodward on the Surge |
Indeed, FWIW how much of the Anbar Awakening was caused by the knowledge that the U.S. was indeed going to do the hard thing and be there to support them?
Factor that it and the surge has a much larger effect than most pundits would give it.
Factor out the surge and ask yourself if you were the average mullah on the street would you be asking your people to stand up to the savagery and violence if the US was pulling out?
Hell no.
Bush has a lot of problems, ordering the surge wasn't one of them. Wanting and doing what it takes to be a winner and not a defeatist isn't one of them.
Meanwhile our boy Obama in order to win would be reading the law and seeing what he could do to throw out the ballots of his opponent.
Which strategy do you think works best?