Revisiting The Surge - Looking Back At Our New Way Forward

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Posted to Politics on Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 04:46:55 PM EST (promoted by 1fastdog). RSS.

In January of 2007, President Bush announced a new approach to the war in Iraq based on the concept of  "Clear, Hold and Build." Fundamental to the plan was an escalating in the number of troops deployed in Iraq and especially Baghdad - the escalation of boots on the ground was called The Surge. At the time, leading papers described the escalation as a further boondoggle while some TnT'ers came out on the record in support of the initiative.

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