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You have to see this clip at Crooks and Liars to believe it.  In it, George Will completely packs his bags and boards the Short Bus to Woof-Woof Land.  Will is one of those unlucky souls who's had their brains scraped out with a rusty spoon by the RNC.  More than happy to be led down the garden path, these supercilious douchebags honestly believe that the president's "surge" tactic will quell the violence in Iraq once and for all.  Because of course, if peace comes to Baghdad, everyone else in every other part of Iraq will suddenly lay down their weapons at once and start gifting each other with baskets of potpourri, gourmet cocoas, and shortbread cookies with notes attached that say, "I'm so sorry I tortured your 12-year-old son with an electric drill before I riddled his body with bullets and dumped his headless corpse in an alley.  Can't we still be friends?"

Will:

Baghdad is the problem and while we debate what to do in Baghdad, the Shiites are changing the facts on the ground in Baghdad through incremental—not at all stealthy—rather rapid ethnic cleansing. So we may get a monochrome Baghdad out of this which would be ahhh, sad, but perhaps tranquilizing.

Um.  Do what, now?  Mono-who?  Incremental-not at all stealthy-rather rapid what?  Are you high?

"A monochrome Baghdad…," repeats George Stephanopoulos, clearly struggling to hold back his guffaws.  But, Mr. Will.  Really.  How many Klonopin did you take in the Green Room?  Six?  Ten? 

I don't know about you guys, but it's pretty clear to me what's going on here.  It's Melinda Henneberger.  Her presence has totally thrown Will off his game.  He's all like, "I'll show this little blogger chippie!  Who the hell does she think she is?  I went to Princeton and Oxford and Trinity College!  I know big words!" 

Pompous old hemorrhoid.

Just FYI, Mr. Will, we "surged" last summer.  It was called "Operation Together Forward".  Remember that old wheeze?  It was the military operation whose name was so wretched that I assumed it could only have been named by Democrats.  And it was an absolute fucking failure.

The plan was announced on 14 June 2006 by the then-recently installed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and intended to increase security conditions in Baghdad through instituting major new measures. Operation Together Forward was planned as an operation to be led primarily by Iraqis but with Coalition support and would put about 70,000 security forces on the streets of Baghdad.

70,000 troops didn't get the job done in the summer, so what makes BushCo think that an additional 15,000 to 30,000 now is going to be able to accomplish what they couldn't?  This is delusional claptrap.  It's bullshit of the first water.

The major provisions of the operation included a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m., increased checkpoints and patrols, and further restrictions on carrying weapons. Additionally, Iraqi and Coalition troops would raid terrorist cells and attempt to disrupt insurgent activities through active missions against suspected insurgent locations.

However, although highly touted at the time of its introduction, the plan seemingly failed to increase security in the capital as the high level of violence continued with a spate of major bombings (at least four such attacks with 40+ deaths each occurred in a one week period) and sectarian killings throughout June and July.

From CNN (10/19/2006):

Insurgent attacks increased 22 percent during the first three weeks of Ramadan compared with the previous three weeks, Maj. Gen. William Caldwell said — even as U.S. and Iraqi forces ramped up a 2-month-long crackdown in the capital.

"Operation Together Forward has made a difference in the focus areas but has not met our overall expectations of sustaining a reduction in the levels of violence," Caldwell said.

We done surged, y'all.  And it accomplished precisely nothing.  If anything, the situation in Iraq has gotten worse.  WTF?  Why is this idea being given even cursory attention?  It's yet another recipe for dramatic and calamitous failure.  This fucking fool's errand in Iraq has gone far enough.  It's time to cut the President off at the bar.  Take away his car keys.  Close out his tab.  Send him home in a taxi.  He's had more than enough.  It's time for somebody to shut Preznint Drunk-Uncle down.

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