THE SURGE WORKED???

Not so much, really, otherwise we would be able to withdraw more troops, sooner.

Sources: Bush advised to delay troop cuts in Iraq
Sep 4 07:15 PM US/Eastern
By LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS
Associated Press Writers


WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts, The Associated Press has learned.

It had been widely expected that Petraeus would recommend a faster pullback in Iraq, perhaps reducing the number of combat brigades from 15 to 14 this fall. But several recent events may have changed the calculus.