Bush's Iraq troop surge garners surge in polls

The "hurry up an surrender" before positive results surfaced didn't work out too well for the left. They have painted themselves in a corner and the only thing they can do is continue to whine and hope for the worst.

This may be the sign of a new trend, or simply a summer illusion, but the growing accumulation of evidence can no longer be ignored: Could U.S. President George W. Bush's new strategy in Iraq be working?

There are signs that the American public is seeing positive results. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain the results of a Gallup poll, which showed that 31 percent of those asked felt that the infusion of additional troops in Iraq "has improved the situation." This constituted a nearly 10-percent increase. At the same time, there is a drop of nearly 10 percent, from 51 percent to 41 percent, among those who believe that the extra soldiers either have not changed the situation or they have made it worse.

This would also explain a New York Times poll that indicated a rise - a rise! - in the number of Americans who believe that the invasion of Iraq was justified (from 35 percent to 42 percent). This is such an amazing increase that the daily decided to redo the poll just to be on the safe side. The number of those polled who argued that the decision to invade Iraq was mistaken dropped from 61 percent to 51 percent.