stinker12:

Nice spin- no banana for you!

"Because of the surge we were able to go out and protect that sheik and others. And it began the Anbar awakening. I mean, that's just a matter of history".

*John McCain to Katie Couric

So what? Like I said before, at least some of the military's actions before the surge were taken in anticipation of being able to sustain them because the surge was on its way. All this parsing is just a concerted effort to defend Obama's vote against the surge, but it just comes off as denigrating the efforts of the military. By all means, proceed...