Saturday, September 20, 2008
A new report on the surge
States what many people already know, the surge did not have the success that some old farts are claiming.
A study of the Pentagon's satellite imagery concludes that ethnic cleansing -- not last year's surge of U.S. military forces -- is the main factor in the reduction of violence in Iraq.The effect of the surge can be argued from now until Alaska melts, but it it was only one of the factors involved in the changes in Iraq and to most people who observed them, not a very large part at all.
The report's conclusion about the surge's ineffectiveness are supported by many Iraq experts and international organizations who credit a population shift with the decline of sectarian violence, especially in Baghdad, Reuters reported.
Conducted by the University of California, the study analyzed the use of nighttime light across Baghdad and how it changed before, during and after the surge. It's findings show only some neighborhoods have higher levels of output, suggesting the others had been ethnically cleansed before the surge.
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