What Surge?

Published: September 11, 2007, 2:24 pm

Tags: iraq sucks, politics amp other disorders

An anonymously-penned analysis of the surge — “The Urge to Surge” — is circulating the ‘net, and has this to say about the supposed boost to forces in Iraq: The combined number of coalition troops in Iraq American and allied is 173,500. This number is noticeably below the previous peak of 183,000, which occurred in November and December of 2005 (the time of the last Iraqi elections), and a fraction of a percent below the highest level that was previously maintained for a period of five months (174,500, from December 2004 through April 2005). Cue graph! “Today's strategy apparently concentrates a greater percentage of total forces in Baghdad than was the case a year or two ago,” “Urge” continues: Hence, troop levels in and near Baghdad may possibly exceed the highest levels recorded before 2007. If your goal is nothing more than to hold Baghdad, then a modest increase in total troop strength in Iraq, relative to recent

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