http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/31/hope-in-iraq/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:26:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/31/hope-in-iraq/comment-page-1/#comment-376837 Adrian Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:54:52 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/07/31/hope-in-iraq/#comment-376837 And still no political progress in Iraq. And isn't that the whole point of the "surge"? Create "room" for political progress? Without that, our strategy is just humanitarianism - keep Iraqis alive for a little bit longer than they'd live if we left. If there is no reconciliation in Iraq (itself an incredibly difficult task, it might be totally impossible), then the surge is a failure. And still no political progress in Iraq. And isn’t that the whole point of the “surge”? Create “room” for political progress? Without that, our strategy is just humanitarianism – keep Iraqis alive for a little bit longer than they’d live if we left. If there is no reconciliation in Iraq (itself an incredibly difficult task, it might be totally impossible), then the surge is a failure.

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