| Bush made a surprise visit to a U.S. military base in Anbar province on Sept. 3 to tout growing cooperation between Sunni tribal leaders and American forces. He then played off this ?good news? in Anbar and in some neighborhoods of Baghdad to establish a new conventional wisdom: the ?surge? is succeeding and Bush deserves another blank check for the war. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.