The Surge will never be allowed to appear successful despite facts on the ground. The Democratic MSM has already discounted military success repeating the mantra there can't be a military solution alone. They've also repeatedly blamed Iraqi politicians with the "going on vacation" sound byte as if they all went off sailboarding with John F'n Kerry . Nope, the surge will be portrayed as a failure and those who came up with this "strategy" better have something up their sleeve in September because they should have anticipated this type of political battle. I'm not hopeful.
The Surge will never be allowed to appear successful despite facts on the ground.
100% correct. See e.g. Tet offensive.
Bush would be wise to devote energy to laying out the successes in a prime time speech with other administration officials speaking up.