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Tearex, just try to get The Awakening in before your surge myth .. read these ..
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=124519179 .. this time.

They paid to arouse The Awakening first.

More expert opinions on the relative value of the surge here.

How Important Was the Surge?

Dylan Matthews

July 25, 2008

Did the surge create the dramatic drop in Iraqi violence? TAP Online asked a dozen-or-so Iraq experts, from all sides of the political spectrum. .. bit more ..

Shawn Brimley

Fellow, Center for a New American Security

The narrative surrounding the "surge" has been overly simplified by the McCain campaign. Senator McCain's mistake in claiming that the "surge" which started in the spring of 2007 caused the Sunni's to turn against al-Qaeda is clearly false. The Sunni tribes began to shift their allegiances in the Fall of 2006, in no small part due to the actions of U.S. troops in Anbar. The decline in violence in 2007 had much more to do with a change in U.S. strategy than simply the additional troops. A change in strategy, plus the Sunni Awakening, the decision of Sadr to stand down his militia, and the use of concrete barriers in Baghdad to separate Sunni and Shia were all extremely important factors that, along with the additional troops, combined to help lower the violence.
http://prospect.org/article/how-important-was-surge