Bob "Don't Call Me Happy Talk" Gates: 'Troop Surge' Strategy Is Working in Iraq

[BuyingThyme]

Gates: 'Troop Surge' Strategy Is Working in Iraq

By Bill Brubaker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 5, 2007; 4:38 PM

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates insisted today the United States' "troop surge" strategy is working in Iraq, but he warned against "happy talk" to describe the often-gruesome sectarian violence that continues to mark the four-year-old war.

Gates said large-scale bombings have increased in Iraq, just as American military officials predicted they would, in the two months since the United States sent thousands of new troops to Baghdad and Anbar province.

"The early signs are positive," Gates said, before quickly adding at a Pentagon news conference: "There is a great reluctance to engage in happy talk about this. It's a tough environment."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040501453.html

[flyarm]

1. bullshit bob...pure unadulterated bullshit!! eom

[KharmaTrain]

2. Good...Then He's Sure To Sign On To A Withdrawl Date Now...

If things are going so well, we surely can now "declare victory" and get the hell out. Isn't that what this surge is supposed to do?

Of course this is all bullshit...but it sure sounds good for wingnut talking points. The parallel universe needs to continue to believe this "war is winnable".

[AndyA]

3. Why is it so often when a RWer speaks, it reminds me of a "South Park" episode?

You know the one. It's the one where the South Park kids discovered that if you crammed food up your butt, you would crap out of your mouth.

That's what I keep seeing with these Republicans: they open their mouths, and crap comes out.

[TwilightGardener]

4. Hmmm...Who cares? The American people want out. It's over, Bobby.

[BuyingThyme]

5. Can anybody recall any predictions of increased large-scale bombings?

I don't recall debating that in the lead-up to the escalation.

[Johonny]

6. My hair is tingling

IT MUST BE WORKING

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. Yes, I feel like I'm getting worked!