Sadly, The Surge is Working: II

Is the reduction in violence in Iraq the result of military success against the insurgency due to increased troop levels, or prolonged ethnic cleansing? Confirmation from the US military that it is the latter:

Iraq says it can't handle refugee influx

“…the U.S. military has warned that a massive return of refugees could rekindle sectarian violence between Sunnis and Shiites and that some returnees have found their Baghdad homes occupied by members of the other Muslim sect.”

The surge accelerated ongoing ethnic cleansing. According to Fareed Zakaria: “It’s sad to say, but the American Army has presided over the largest ethnic cleansing in the world since the Balkans.”

Acknowledging that violence could “rekindle” if the divided parties are once again allowed contact confirms that it is the ’success’ of balkanization, of systematic ethnic cleansing, not accelerated military progress, that has reduced violence in Iraq.