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  • Pelosi Credits Iran’s “Goodwill” for Surge Success

    05/29/2008 11:42:30 AM PDT · by Jbny · 143 replies · 311+ views
    Commentary Magazine ^ | May 29, 2008 | Abe Greenwald
    In an interview yesterday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal. She then partially credited the success of the troop surge to “the goodwill of the Iranians,” claiming that they were responsible for ending violence in the southern city of Basra. Asked if she saw any evidence of the surge’s positive impact on her May 17 trip to Iraq she responded: Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That...