Um, the Iraqi “government” attacked al-Sadr’s militia with the goal of wiping them out in, as Prime Minister al-Maliki said, in a “decisive and final battle.” The Iraqi “governmental” forces got their asses kicked and al-Sadr won a big POLITICAL victory by getting a cease fire and a withdrawal of Iraqi “governmental” forces.

But in neocon pretzel logic, that just shows that. . . . THE SURGE IS WORKING!