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Bush, the Republicans, the media and the wingnuts finally did it. They turned an idea that the public and the military thought was stupid into a "viable" option for addressing a problem. This is definitely an example of them creating their own reality, at least for the time being. We witnessed the creation of the Surge and watched it turn into conventional wisdom. Amazing. Yes, the "surge" will fail. The military knew it, the public knew it, but the president and the Neocons will never recognize it. The Neocons fail because their ideas are preposterous. They seem to think that if they can keep up the ruse, they will never face the consequences. It's not going to work. People are dying for nothing. The failure of this occupation and the deaths of 3,300 American soldiers will be blamed on the Neocons and their followers. Their treading water now. Eventually, they'll sink.
