If the Surge has worked...

If the Surge has been a success as so many of the GOP leaders have proclaimed, then why have we not seen a reduction in troop levels?
The Patriots could claim that their game plan was a success right up until the point that the clock read 0:00, but in the end, they still lost.
It seems all too obvious that the Surge has only been successful enough to say things are staying at the status quo. If they were better than that we would be seeing a reduction.
The only time real success will be proclaimed by the White House is when the Oil Profit Sharing proposals have been accepted. We are just using the Surge to keep the level of violence down until we have their approval to steal their oil.
I am so proud of our troops (I have family members in Iraq) but equally as disgusted in our leadership that is essentially using a band-aid to cover up a tumor. We need to start helping Iraq rebuild its infrastructure instead of being the reason they need to rebuild.
I don't want to hear about the Surge working unless there are actual results we can measure the success by, like troops coming home or actual leaders being elected that stay in office for more than a month.
The current approach reminds me of other approaches the Bush Administration and GOP have in other aspects of life.
1: Maintain the status quo seems like their approach to healthcare as well. The Free Market approach does not work, quit claiming it does.
2: Just keep it good enough till we are out of office. Sounds like their approach to the economy, just lower the interest rates and keep us afloat till we can blame it on someone else.
And of course the old stand by's lie, deny and cover-up. Always effective.
I must warn you, according to Bush, if you have read this, the terrorists have won and socialism has now reached a threat level of super-red.
Good luck America.
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