What Exactly is a “Surge”? (A Critique of John McCain)

Published: June 17, 2008, 4:13 am

Yesterday during an interview, Republican candidate John McCain expressed his support for the war in Iraq. Let us first examine the definition of a surge according to dictionary.com. Surge - a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep. During the short two minute exert of the interview as seen on yahoo.com news section, McCain uses the word surge five times as a reference to the United States military operations in Iraq. While a “surge” is supposedly a strong, forward movement, rush or sweep, I am terribly confused whether John McCain is talking about the same war? The military operations in Iraq have been going on since 2002. That’s a SIX year surge!! It is as if the word “surge” is supposed to create support for the war in Iraq. I guess we should all forget about the last 6 years because apparently we are now surging toward victory….. I disagree. Second, and these are McCain’s exact words in

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