Gates and the Urge to Surge | CommonDreams.org

Ex-Senior CIA analyst Ray McGovern writes: [excerpt] ... The real "success" of the Iraq "surge" is proving to be that it will let President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney leave office on Jan. 20, 2009, without having to admit that they were responsible for a strategic disaster. They can lay the blame for failure on their successors. ... Read more at: CommonDreams.org