> On Mon, 11 May 2009, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
>>> Bush's decision to launch a surge of forces in Iraq was less a
>>> military event than a psychological one. Militarily, the quantity of
>>> forces to be inserted -- some 30,000 on top of a force of 120,000 --
>>> did not change the basic metrics of war in a country of about 29
>>> million. Moreover, the insertion of additional troops was far from a
>>> surge; they trickled in over many months. Psychologically, however,
>>> it was stunning. Rather than commence withdrawals as so many
>>> expected, the United States was actually increasing its forces.
>>
>> That, plus lots of bribe money.
>
> We bribed them from the beginning. But before this point they took
> the bucks and then shot at us anyway.
I'd never heard that before. Where'd you get that?
SA