The REAL Surge in Iraq

You certainly owe it to yourself to read a tremendous recap of the progress the Iraqi Army is making in the War in Iraq - D.J. Elliott's piece at The Long War Journal has all the updates, the numbers and the facts behind the "Real" Surge in Iraq.



Here is just a taste from the article - please go to the link above and read ALL of the good news. It will blow you away!

This is the real surge -- a surge in training and building of the Iraqi Army. Security in Iraq improves with an increased longterm security presence; a security presence that will increasingly be shouldered by Iraqi troops. The five US "surge" brigades were not only brought in to buy the Iraqi government time to sort out the political situation, they were brought in to buy the Iraqi Army time to expand. The five US "surge" brigades are doing some much needed housecleaning in Iraq's problem areas, freeing up Iraqi Army formations to provide cadre for new forming units, and providing additional training partners for the new Iraqi Army formations thus facilitating the accelerated expansion. The Iraqi Army is replacing the US forces departing Iraqi by the end of 2008 at rate of two Iraqi brigades for one US brigade.