Since the Iraq War Was Wrong, So Too Was the Surge

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling "The art of war is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin." Sun Tzu, "The Art of War," 4th Century BCE. During confirmation hearings for the next U.S. Defense Secretary, it was appalling to observe several senators haggling with Chuck Hagel over whether the surge during the disastrous U.S.-Iraqi preemptive war and military occupation was a success or not. Faced with enormous military crises and other armed blunders around the world, including a series of recent attacks against U.S. embassies and the ongoing drone wars, they instead attempted to trap Hagel with a statement made back in January of 2007. Reminding Hagel that...