Are They Kidding?

The counter-argument to surge success is the levels of violence have merely lessened to the levels of 2005 before the insurgency heated up. Thus, to claim surge "success" is not only ludicrous, but also perverse.

But let's remember who the enemy is: Al Queda and the hardcore Islamicists. The enemy is not Sunni Iraqis. And what has happened is a separation of the Sunnis from Al Queda and Al Queda has suffered a battlefield humiliation. We cannot discount the importance of this.

A deliberate draw down based upon lower levels of violence and give Iraqi a chance to see if the center can hold. What else can we do?