According to your article, we've bought off the enemy, the sunnis were way ahead of the surge, in other words, we failed, but dumb luck is hiding that.

As to Mullen's statements - it's not about flyovers for Israel - they can't do it alone unless they do a multiple wave strike. They want us to do it for them, because of our stealth planes and ability to fly further into Iran ( the Iranians have not put everything in one easy to reah spot near the coast).