Interestingly enough, there appears to be a recent "surge" of positive news about the intial success of the military "surge" in Iraq. What is somewhat disconcerting, is that nobody, in the media, is really looking beyond what we get if/when the surge really works. When it finally works the Iraqi population will have perceived security. The question that remains is what are the political and economic capabilities and capacities that need to be developed for the Iraqis and what resources are we comitting to those developments. Regrettably, I think the media/pundits/politicians should be focusing on that. I guess time will tell.