The Surge Failed

Or at least it isn't expected to have any success — as I define it (producing conditions which would allow foreign troops to withdraw) — until sometime next year, at the earliest.

Sources: Bush advised to delay troop cuts in Iraq - 4 Sep 2008 at 9:26pm - WASHINGTON -- President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq would allow for quicker cuts.