Democratic Senator Carl Levin on the surge: "credible and positive results"

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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin says he saw “credible and positive results” from the surge of troops in Iraq ordered by President George W. Bush ...

Levin, a Detroit Democrat who spent two days in Iraq with Virginia Sen. John Warner, said visits to bases in Mosul and Baghdad showed that the military aspects of the surge policy have shown progress in reducing violence and giving political leaders time to reconcile between divergent factions.

"We are also encouraged by continuing positive results – in al Anbar Province, from the recent decisions of some of the Sunni tribes to turn against al Qaeda and cooperate with coalition force efforts to kill or capture its adherents,” Levin and Warner said today in a joint statement. “

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I'll take General Petraeus' (sp) word over his. It seems rather anecdotal to go over there for a couple of days and then summarize it that way.

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Can so many Democrats be wrong?

Everyone knows Democrats are smart.

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Levin is my Senator and has always been a tard . That guy needs to give it up, for real.

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Can so many Democrats be wrong?

Everyone knows Democrats are smart.

It depends on how he's come to that conclusion. How was the Senate Armed Services Committee measuring progress in Iraq prior to the new strategy? How are they measuring it now?