Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the American forces in Iraq, is more candid than his publicity agents. Unlike the senators and editorial writers who claim that the glorious "surge" should be hailed as one of the most successful military campaigns in history, he warns the escalation's achievements are mixed at best — or, as he put it, progress on the ground is "uneven," "fragile and reversible," with "innumerable challenges" remaining to be ad ...

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