by: Meteor Blades 

Saying 'the surge is working' has worked pretty well for the Cheney-Bush regime the past few months. It certainly calmed down the megamedia, which – after years of publishing and broadcasting stuff about Iraq quaffed from the Kool-Aid fire hose – had actually started doing the job they should have started in January 2002 when the White House initiated its march-to-war publicity tour.

The Bush forces are discovering that winning the peace in Iraq is more difficult than winning the war. It is expensive and dangerous, and most other countries show little interest in contributing either money or troops. That's natural--why should they contribute to maintaining a Bush occupation designed to enrich Bush and his businessmen friends?