Yesterday on Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw asked Joe Biden if the troop surge in Iraq had made possible the increased security and reconciliation we now see in that country. Here is Biden’s answer:
SEN. BIDEN: No. The surge helped make that–what made is possible in Anbar province is they did what I’d suggested two and a half years ago: gave local control... The awakening was not an awakening by us, it was an awakening of the Sunnis in Anbar province willing to fight.So according to Joe Biden, the troop surge played a bit part in the turnaround of the Iraq War. The real catalyst? Joe Biden (with some help from the Sunnis).
Let’s revisit Biden’s war plan and give the great military sage his due, shall we...
On May 1, 2006 Biden and Leslie H. Gelb wrote an op-ed for the New York Times entitled, “Unity Through Autonomy in Iraq,” in which he proposed three segregated regions with their own laws.
Sure, that sounds exactly like what we see in Iraq today.
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