Quote Originally Posted by Milkman View Post
The percentage of troops added to the total amoung already there, is not a "surge."
The term surge is a political-media buzzword.
Some grassroots Iraqui endorsement of the surge .

"If the Americans keep doing it, they can make a difference," said Ali Muhammad, 37, an ice cream shop owner who lives in Ur. "But they have to stay. Otherwise it will never work"