It is clear that surge did not meet its goals. Or bluntly, it did not work! It’s also clear unless the new democratically elected Iraqi government does not get the warring parties to a table and get a political solution to this mess…than the last 5 years of treasure and life have been an a tragic waste. If you listen to Bush - everything is going well - who you gonna believe Bush or your lying eyes and ears? Time to come home. The New York Times agrees.

They found that the additional troops had slowed, but far from stopped, Iraq’s still-burning civil war. Baghdad remains a city where sectarian violence can flare at any moment, and where the central government is becoming less reliable and relevant as Shiite or Sunni vigilantes demand submission to their own brand of law. “These improvements in the face of the general devastation look small and insignificant because the devastation is so much bigger,” said Haidar Minathar, an Iraqi author, actor and director. He added that the security gains “have no great influence.”