"The "surge" was incidental--and likely not even necessary--Petraeus' intelligence and al-Qaeda's stupidity made the improvement in Iraq--and Petraeus would have needed no more troops--no "surge"-- to achieve it." - Ron Davies

"The Surge" - "incidental" - "not necessary" - "needed no more troops".

You then refer to General Petraeus' intelligence Ron. If that is what you believe Ron could then please explain why it was the intelligent General Petraeus who asked for the additional combat formations required for "The Surge", after all "The Surge" was his idea - Or are you saying that he didn't know what he was doing? This from the man who would maroon US Forces in "Kurdistan" with no line of retreat.