Forget the surge. As is not getting reported enough, reductions in violence in Iraq are not because of the surge, but rather because the violence of ethnic cleansing has been so efficient that the country is now divided into camps of the same faith--Sunni or Shiia. The drop in violence happened two months prior to the suggestion of the surge. Once again the preznit's plans were too little, too late, rather like shutting the barn door after the horse is gone. Furthermore the decrease in violence emphasizes that there is access to remove American troops from this immoral war for oil. And the preznit's lies to justify the war are still just that, lies, so there is no justification for the war, the illegal treatment of captives, and the seizure of power by the Whitehouse.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/93081/forget_the_surge%2C_violence_is_down_in_iraq_because_ethnic_cleansing_was_brutally_effective/?page=entire