Only a truly brain dead buffoon can keep chanting the \u201cSurge has failed\u201d; even the Messiah and that mouth-breathing, traitorous old fool Murtha can see it.<\/p>\n
But apparently not Arianna Huffington<\/a>:<\/p>\n John McCain, aided and abetted by his loving protectors in the media, is running a victory lap on Iraq. To hear them tell it, the surge has “worked” — indeed, it has been a huge success — and this, like a last second Hail Mary pass, has vindicated the entire disastrous Iraq misadventure.<\/p>\n But here we are, 18 months later, and McCain and the GOP are being allowed to change the goal. And, surprise, surprise, the retroactive goal they’ve chosen is remarkably similar to the current situation in Iraq: violence is down while the “progress in other critical areas” is sorely lagging.<\/p>\n No surprise then that, according to the Times, experts think real reconciliation in Iraq could take decades. I know it\u2019s difficult to understand Ms. Huffington\u2019s position so let me shine a bit of light on it for you. After all we are all about helping our readers understand some the radically idiotic statements from the left.<\/p>\n Often times it is nothing more complicated than a grand lie and other times it is the overt omission of facts (See Jonn\u2019s earlier post today about timelines). This one gets a bit trickier in that we have to invoke the time-space continuum to explain it.<\/p>\n Not too long ago American Progress <\/a>(an uber-leftist website) reported:<\/p>\n Total Benchmarks: 3 of 18 Accomplished<\/p>\n On the one year anniversary of President Bush\u2019s State of the Union address justifying his “New Way Forward” in Iraq, it is clear that the surge has failed to meet its objectives. One year ago, the president pledged that \u201cAmerica will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks it has announced.” Despite the fact that the Iraqi government has only met three of the 18 benchmarks laid out last year, an end to U.S. military and financial commitment is nowhere in sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Okay, now for the time warp problem. That was written on January 24, 2008. Our crack staff of researchers at This Ain\u2019t Hell have determined that this is probably the exact date that Ms. Huffington forced her head up her ass. It is also fairly clear that it is still there.<\/p>\n
\nAnd this is the good news out of Iraq.
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\nOf course, the “imminent threat” turned out to be non-existent, and our presence in Iraq has strengthened the hand of every bad actor in the region: al Qaeda is safe and adding recruits, Hamas has come to power in Palestine, Hezbollah has reasserted itself in Lebanon, and Iran has become the strongest player in Iraq. Meanwhile, the reduction in casualties in Iraq is starting to be offset by increased casualties in Afghanistan .. So, tell me again: how is the surge working?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n