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To: i-node who wrote (531279)	11/21/2009 1:57:39 AM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 1576711

>>" His view, his "#1 Rule", that "it has to start with THEM, and that will make it a success" is silly. He argues Anbar "started with them", but of course, it didn't. The surge wasn't some sideline enabler; it was a very specific strategic approach to solving a tough problem, and it worked. "<< Oh c'mon, paying the Sunni Awakening that already had started, to stop attacking us and go after the foreigners that had overstepped their bounds did it and the Kagan family spread their nonsense that the "surge" which primarily built walls between Baghdad neighborhoods and staffed the checkpoints did it all. >>" It isn't because of the Northern Alliance, though. It is because we have no leadership at the top and they know it. "<< You're kidding, right? McChrystal and Petraeus aren't that bad, are they?