The Surge ... etc.

• I'm honestly curious about whether this Surge will work. Even if it does, it needs to end at some point. How do you keep things quiet forever? Iraq has always had sectarian violence. Saddam Hussein in Iraq. Tito in Yugoslavia. Remove Strongman, create power vacuum among ethnic competitors. How does one end up not expecting this?
• I'm also curious about the tactical/strategic cost of announcing your surge this far and this loudly in advance.
• "Special Advisory Council on the War on Terror" - will be listened to just as much as Bush listened to Iraq study group? Should it be listened to at all?
• Notice the structure: Started with Fuzzy happy issues and ended with fuzzy happy issues. Terror and Iraq in the middle.
• Notice it also all feels phoned in at this point? Blah, blah, blah. Clap, clap, clap. These people are tired.
• I don't watch Basketball. But...um...why is this guy a talking point? Congratulations! You are freakishly tall! Way to dribble! Didn't we just do a thing on AIDS? how about a scientist?