General Petraeus will go before Congress this afternoon to argue that the surge is working — that sectarian killings and attacks against Iraqi and U.S. forces are substantially down. The military’s secret numbers will serve as support for those conclusions, even as numbers from within the government (e.g. those collected by the Defense Intelligence Agency) dispute them.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179958