The Petraeus Surge: too late or right on time? (AND WHY ANNAPOLIS IS A STUPID DISTRACTION)

The Petraeus Surge is working.

No greater proof of this is the fact that the MSM has virtually stopped reporting on the war there because almost all the military news is good.

The question remains for some critics: did it come too late, and why didn't it come earlier - as if Bush could gave done so in 2004 or 2005 or 2006.

I think it came as soon as it could have, and could not have come earlier.

The surge also had to come after the Iraqi election and after the Iraqis had formed a government - WHICH WAS LONG AFTER THIS ELECTION, (like MONTHS - LIKE AS LONG AS IT IS TAKING BELGIUM!)!

It was during the time between the US presidential 2004 election and Iraqi Election a few months later, and the parliamentary election at the end of 2005 - (two elections which the US Left and the Dems pooh-poohed - and wanted delayed), that al Qaeda moved in, that the so-called insurgency took-off.

Al Qaeda was taking advantage of the timing, hoping that a SURGE OF TERROR would elect the enemy-appeasing Kerry in 2004 and then in 2006 they wanted Pelosi and Reid to take over the Congress. Al Qaeda did better in 2006 than in 2004.

And this is why al Qaeda attacked the Golden Mosque in 2/06, starting the sectarian strife which killed thousands of Iraqis and made democratic resolution within the elected Parliament more difficult. This bombing occurred a few months after Iraq's Parliamentary elections, in early 2006.

Al Qaeda's strategy almost worked.

But as soon as it was possible, Bush initiated the Surge and now al Qaeda is defeated and the Sunni tribes on our side.

NOW TIME IS ON OUR SIDE, TOO.

AS LONG AS IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT MAKES A UNITY DEAL ON ALL OUTSTANDING ISSUES SOON.

Like... before the end of the year. THIS IS CRITICAL FOR OUR MISSION IN IRAQ AND THE ENTIRE GWOT.

Which is why Bush and Condi should be spending more time and effort on this than Annapolis.

Before 9/11. Bin Laden could have had European jets heading for Asia hijacked and crashed into Israel. He chose to attack US to strike fear into us and make us less likely to do what we'd have to do to defeat them.

We won't defeat the enemy by having Israel make ANOTHER deal with Abbas which won't be fulfilled.

We need to MILITARILY defeat the enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan and Waziristan and Iran and Syria and Lebanon.

Anything and everything less than that is Chamberlainesque BS.