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To: Ruffian who wrote (305489)	5/17/2009 9:11:48 PM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) of 793843

“We know [Obama] changed his mind in Iraq and decided to follow the advice of the military generals, and we also know that he's now ordered a surge in Afghanistan just like the one that was successful in Iraq,” McConnell said. I missed something. Would someone please explain what was successful about the surge in Iraq? How did that surge made America safer? “So I think the administration has responded to the critique of the vice president” that the country is moving in the “wrong direction on national security issues,” he said. This is a thread of well informed Americans. Can anyone tell me exactly what the surge in Afghanistan is supposed to accomplish, and how we will know when it has been successful?

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