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 The Fake Surge The so-called troop surge is an illusion. The fiction is that the President is putting more troops into Iraq and this shall magically do something positive for the Iraqi people. Stop sectarian violence or some such drivel. In December of 2004, there were 177,000 coalition troops in Iraq. In December of 2005, 178,000. This number dropped to 146,000 in December 2006. Right now, under the surge, there are 173,000 coalition troops in Iraq. The surge number is less than the high point for both 2004 and 2005. There is no surge. See GAO troop chart. The entire GAO report can be found here. True, slightly more US troops (on a percentage basis) are now in Iraq but they are simply replacing withdrawn coalition forces (mainly British). Gen. Petraeus is doing his best Robert McNamara impersonation with charts and graphs demonstrating the fiction that something, anything is improving in Iraq. More Iraqis are dying now. See chart (688 Iraqis per month died in 2005 versus 2079 per month this year through August). More Americans are dying in Iraq now than before. Link. The current Iraqi government is imploding. The Sunnis walked out and refuse to participate. Despite the facts, Gen. Petraeus comes to Washington and reports "progress" in Iraq? Our delusional President declares on national television that his surge is working? Please wake me up when this nightmare ends. Tip of the cap to Herman Mindshaftgap for bringing this issue to my attention (love the Dr. Strangelove reference). 09/16/2007. Comments (2) Permalink
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