The more violence there is the better it show we’re controlling the violence? Oh please, if you’re going to lie to us can’t you at least make it slightly believable?
AFP: Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge’s success
The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a “by-product of the success of the surge.”Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said it showed that the Iraqi government and security forces were now confident enough to take the initiative against Shiite extremists in the southern port of Basra.
“Citizens down there have been living in a city of chaos and corruption for some time and they and the prime minister clearly have had enough of it,” he said at a Pentagon press conference.
More on the deteriorating situation in Southern Iraq here from Juan Cole.
