PETRAEUS ON ALAN COLMES RADIO SHOW

I haven't found a transcript but I did find a DOD press release. Petraeus agrees that the revolt of the Sunnis against Al Qaeda wasn't due to the Surge:

Petraeus also said he’s “heartened by the number of Iraqi tribes and local citizens who have rejected al Qaeda.” He conceded that this can’t be attributed directly to the surge, “but the surge certainly enabled that to move much more rapidly, we believe, than it otherwise would have.”

Petreus also noted that the key measure of winning is political progress:

Troops alone can’t solve Iraq’s problems, Petraeus said. He reiterated a comment by Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chief of naval operations and the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: “No amount of troops in no amount of time will make a difference if there is not commensurate progress on the political level.”

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Sectarian violence is a big concern, and some of Iraq’s best military units got caught up in it, he said. He also expressed concern that, despite progress in terms of local reconciliation, “there has not been comparable progress at the national political level here in Iraq.”