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Retreat to Afghanistan

July 21, 2008 - 11:01 pm - by Richard Fernandez
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2008-07-22 09:31:28

Sen. Kerry was just on FOX News to explain that Obama was right to oppose the Surge because it really had no effect on stabilizing Iraq. No, that development was entirely due to the political decision made by the Sunni chieftans to engage all by themselves in opposing al Qaeda during the Anbar Awakening, while the Surge was meant to lead to political reconciliation of the Sunni population which, see, still hasn’t happened. So the Surge had and continues to have no effect. That is not to take anything away from our brave men and women who have done all we could ever have asked of them, except make any real practical difference. So to reiterate, we who opposed the war and supported the troops were right all along.