Let's just stop for a moment and parrot what mccain, palin and the repubs say - "the surge is working" (actually it should be called the escalation).
Now why don't the Democrats and Obama/Biden try responding with something like this...
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"Ok, let's say that the surge or escalation is working.
Is the surge working because al-sadr decided he wanted to be an ayotollah, told his army to stand down and took off to Iran for training and schooling?
Is the surge working because we are paying off militant groups to stand down?
Is the surge working because some Iraqis have had enough and are standing their ground?
We know our troops are part of the reason the surge or escalation is working, but is the surge why we went into an unjust and illegal war?
Does anybody remember the reasons why we went to war in Iraq?
Was it WMD? Was it terrorism? Was it to track down the killers and planners of 9/11? Was it to fight them there so we don't have to fight them here?
Or... was it so that we can have a successful Surge?
What is the reason, this month, for over 4,000 of our brave United States soldiers being killed?
What is the reason, this month, for over 30,000 of our brave United States soldiers being wounded, maimed and disfigured?
What is the reason, this month, for the trauma and PTSD suffered by the tens of thousands of our brave United States soldiers?
What is the reason, this month, for the death of some of our brave United States soldiers that feel their only escape is suicide?
What is the reason, this month, for the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians?
What is the reason for all of this needless death, destruction and suffering....?
What is the reason for the Surge or escalation?
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It does not matter if we disagree on if the surge or escalation is working or why, what matters is WHY do we need this surge in the first place.
What Is The Reason for This WAR in Iraq?!"
Cross posted at MyDD and Wes Clark's blog Securing America