The surge is working? Not any longer.
March 13, 2008
It takes the media a while to catch up with reality. The number of US casualties has climbed rapidly in past weeks, the deaths from suicide bombings are escalating back to pre-surge levels, but most news stories continue to parrot Bush administration claims that the surge is working. Watch for US deaths to surpass 4000 very soon; perhaps that threshold will bring a fresh examination of what is really going on.
