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...Though experts have said the Anbar model may be difficult to replicate, Munir, Foley, and Senor all said that the latest U.S. strategy in Iraq—dubbed the “surge” because it raised troop levels by nearly 30,000—has dramatically improved security in Iraq as a whole...
...Sullivan said she visited Baghdad every few months for a week or so. At the request of Petraeus and Crocker, O’Sullivan returned to Baghdad for three months this past summer to help implement the “surge” policy, which boosted troop numbers by nearly 30,000 soldiers...
...calls for troop withdrawal Although there were Republicans, and most all of the Democrats who wanted [troops] to come home, I think there was a frustration with the level of violence and the casualties. Anytime your sons and daughters are giving the ultimate sacrifice, that raises a great frustration. But I think there's also a sense of purpose that the global war on terror - that this is a battle in that war - and we knew it wasn't always going to be easy. And if we decided to quit, then we would, in effect...
...troop withdrawal I think the question of what we say about leaving Iraq is very clear: It never made sense to be there in the first place. We should be addressing those that attacked us on 9/11. Everyone concedes that they are based and still operating and planning attacks against America primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan and then sending them out all over the world...
...McCain's trips have not always garnered the kind of publicity he may have liked. In early 2007, as the U.S. troop surge was getting underway, he pointed to his trip to a Baghdad market as proof that it was possible to "walk freely" in Baghdad, and that the media was not providing Americans with a full picture of the situation in Iraq. It was soon revealed that McCain had been accompanied on his market trip by two attack helicopters and dozens of American soldiers, calling into question his grasp of the situation...