Though this topic is not often addressed, cnn.com finally followed up with it - What ever happened with that troop surge? It seemed that the press could not get enough of it when it was being debated in congress, but once it became put in place the follow up has been minimal. Army Col. Don Farris, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, told the Pentagon reporters via video link that the surge is one of the factors actually contributing to the improvement in the situation in Iraq.
Farris' Monday remarks echo a string of similar assertions made by U.S. and Iraqi military officials over recent weeks. The military officials say they are seeing signs of Sunni-Shiite reconciliation. At a press conference earlier Monday in Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Ed Cardon, deputy commander for support of Multi-National Division-Center, discussed a "definite period of progress" in his region on the southern Baghdad outskirts.It should be painfully obvious by now that the troop surge is not the sole reason things are improving, but you have to admit, in an administration that never seems to have anything go the way it intended, for the most part, the surge has done what it intended; diminish violence allowing for the political, social, and economic reconciliation to occur. Who knew?
