Graham: Troop surge "working beyond my expectations"

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has returned from Iraq to proclaim that the security situation there is getting better.  Of course, this subjective assessment is not surprising when keeping in mind that Graham and John McCain -- whose spring Baghdad photo-op backfired politically -- have been close friends for years.

Not only did Graham say the military aspect of the surge was working -- but that it even surpassed his own expectations:

Incontrast with the stalled political progress, Graham said, the surge --the dispatch of 30,000 more U.S. troops that Bush began in January --is yielding clear results.

"The military part of the surge isworking beyond my expectations," Graham said. "We literally have theenemy on the run. The Sunni part of Iraq has really rejected al-Qaidaall over the country. We're getting more information about al-Qaidaoperations than we've ever received."

Seven US soldiers have died within the last two days.  Talks on a possible oil compromise between Sunnis and Shiites have stalled.  War costs are up by one third in 2007 because of the surge.  The conservative Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies -- which helped produce the modern-day neoconservatives -- is calling for a course change.  Even Colin Powell said on Friday that the Administration has allowed the situation to get out of control.

If any aspect of the surge has surpassed Graham's expectations, then one can only wonder how low Lindsey Graham's expectations were in the first place?  Part of the reason for the diplomatic stalling within the Iraqi government is because we put the bar so low to begin with.

Comments

[George]

I think that if Iraq were a student in the NCLB program, then Iraq's school would be denied some funding. Of course, Iraq is a just a country of brown people, so why should we be so insistent in pursuing their success?

Lindsey Graham is crazy. He's like William Kristol, Joe Lieberman, and George Bush - snakes in sheep's clothes. They look like guys you would trust but they are owned by the military industrial complex.

[granny]

At my age, they look like guys you wouldn't trust.

[granny]

P.S.

I kind of like that small type face down in the body of the article. Looks nice. Isn't too crammed to read ... nice.

[Tony]

"The military part of the surge is working beyond my expectations," Graham said. "We literally have the enemy on the run."

Well someone better tell all the Generals, First Sergeants, and other retired military and strategists that I've been watching the last few days saying otherwise.

I didn't even read all the links yet (just woke my tired ass up), but I'm sure after I find the info that shows Graham is full of camel crap...I'll post it.

[granny]

"Camel crap". Yes. That's good.