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Originally Posted by Boon Mee "All of the most important objectives of the surge have been accomplished in Iraq. The sectarian civil war is ended; al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) has been dealt a devastating blow; and the Sadrist militia and other Iranian-backed militant groups have been disrupted." |
This is as per the words of the recent report card as released by GWB administration. The hard issues, IMO:
The May 2008 report card, obtained by the Associated Press, determines that only two of the benchmarks—
enacting and implementing laws to disarm militias and
distribute oil revenues —are unsatisfactory.
New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory