ONE OF THE ODDER POLITICAL "TRUISMS" OF LATE IS THIS NOTION THAT: "THE SURGE IS WORKING."
WHAT REALLY HAPPPENED IS THE US MILITARY WAS ORDERED TO STOP SUPPORTING THEIR ENEMIES IN IRAQ...
NAMELY, "THE IRANIAN BACKED" SHIA AND SHIA MILITIAS...!
AND REVERT BACK TO SUPPORTING SADDAM'S OLD SECULAR SUNNI FORMER BATTHISTS...IN ANBAR!
THIS LITTLE CHESTNUT IS OF COURSE NOT MENTIONED BY THE AMERICAN BULLSHIT MEDIA...!
WHAT THE SURGE DID DO IS STOP JOINT AMERICAN/SHIA MISSIONS INTO SUNNI NEIGHBORHOODS...
WHICH REALLY WERE DEFACTO "DEATH SQUADS" FROM THE "GREEN ZONE" PRO-IRANIAN GOVERNMENT.. THAT THE US SET UP AFTER THE FALL OF SADDAM...
NATURALLY, AFTER PUMPING BILLIONS INTO THE NEW SHIA REGIME IN THE GREEN ZONE...THE SHIA ARE SOMEWHAT HAPPY ABOUT THE US PRESENCE...AND RECENT US SUPPORT AGAINST THEIR OLD ENEMIES THE SUNNIS...
BUT THE SHIA ARE GETTING SUSPICIOUS...
THEY ARE CATCHING ON THAT THE US SUPPORT IS SHIFTING TO THE NEWLY "NICE" SUNNIS IN ANBAR YET AGAIN!! IT'S BACK TO THE FUTURE FOR THE SHIA!
HENCE, ANBAR IS NOW TOUTED AS A PLACE OF SWEETNESS AND LIGHT...
THE AMERICAN MONEY IS FLOWING IN BIG TIME...
BETTER, THE SHIA ARMY AND POLICE DEATH SQUADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY US BACKED AND ARMED SUNNI "AWAKENING" GROUPS...
WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING...?
BUSH IS FLIP FLOPPING FROM THE SHIAS TO THE SUNNIS...EFFECTIVELY SETTING UP THE COMING CIVIL WAR, OR PARTITION...
ALL HOPING BUSH IS OUT OF OFFICE BEFORE THE SHIT REALLY HITS THE FAN..
SO, THE SURGE IS WORKING? TOTAL BULLSHIT!
BUT AMERICANS ARE SO USED TO BULLSHIT THESE DAYS ...THAT THEY THINK IS SMELLS LIKE THE TRUTH!