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I believe most of the recent progress is due to the Sunnis getting fed up with al-Qaeda of Mesopotamia (a terrorist group completely unaffiliated with al-Qaeda that our illustrious president feels free to lie about, owing to their confusing name choice).
In any event, the Sunnis have taken a "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" approach in now cooperating with U.S. troops against a-QofM. It's got little to do with any "surge" and everything to do with the ghastly deeds of al-QofM having worn out their welcome.
I will grant that, whatever the cause, "progress" has been made. Of course, none of the Iraqi government benchmarks have been met. Clearly, not enough progress has been made by the administration's definition of progress for October. It is only by now re-definining what October progress means that the president will be able to claim progress come October.
This continues to be a frelling sham.
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