Absolutely wrong analysis. Rummy had the right approach, and the “surge” was working long before it worked. It’s akin to wondering why, all of a sudden, the Russians on the east front managed to just “roll over” a German enemy that had dominated them earlier-—it’s called, attrition. We completely hollowed out AQ long before Rummy left, and it was always only a matter of time, as many of us said.