Every day that we continue to stick to the President's flawed strategy is a day
that America is not as secure as it could be. As the intelligence community
reported in another NIE just weeks ago, America's attention is distracted from
Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, which has regenerated its capacity to its pre-9/11
levels. That is why it is so essential that this September, Republicans join
with Democrats to change course in Iraq and work to restore our nation's
security.
The surge was never about political success, it was about meeting the military challenges in Iraq, to create space for their to be a political solution. There is not success in terms of a stable government being in place. However I don't think that this is a total failure either. Just a couple weeks ago, Maliki was able to take a trip to Tikrit to visit a Sunni leader. I don't think that this visit could have taken place without the surge to create the security to enable Maliki to travel.
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