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I am sure GWB and the Pentagon have deliberately held down to a minimum what the surge's goals where.
Many things in the making as we have read now happening in al Anbar and elsewhere where carefully worked out. Our forces have deliberatly keep down to a bear minimum who they where taking out.
For those that think this surge was simply a increase in forces to carry out police actions, I think they are missing the boat. It has been a carefully contrived campaign to gain the confidence of those that up till recently could not trust the US forces, let alone the Shia gov/military.
Things are now changing. More Sunni as well as Shia will side with the government in hopes their lives will eventually become better. The counter insurgency plan requires the locals to switch sides once convinced they have been had. It is starting to pay off.
With that. Have a good day, gotta get ready for work.