 Surge
[L. surgere, to rise.] v.i. To swell; to flow
suddenly or powerfully; to rise and roll, as waves.
George W. Bush's policy of escalating troops in Iraq, announced
on Jan. 10, 2007, generated a new vocabulary: surge-heavyweight,
escalation, "new way forward", "no middle way"... Is there a
post-surge strategy? So far, there is only low morale among
the troops and increasing civilian casualties and strife. Extricating
the United States from its bloodiest and most costly overseas
adventure since the Vietnam War seems an impossible task.
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