give it time"! We know the "surge" started 6 months ago. Isn't it the truth....and what make me most angry is that the MSM lets that kind of shit go unchallenged. Look at the number available...the "Surge" started in late Jan. when first group of additional military personnal were sent, and in each subsequent month(Feb thru July) more have been sent. WTF. Is the media so fu...... lazy that it cannot report facts instead of more and more lies by this admin.??? I heard today the Iraqi govt will take Aug. off. I guess bush will do his usual month long holiday along with our senators and reps. Seems everyone gets a break but the soldiers who are fighting and dying for who the hell knows what. Ron, no politician is going to read a letter that long, they just aren't. Hell, I'm not. You have to make it fairly short and to the point if you want to get your point across. Just some friendly advice :) It's a new Declation of Independence. If they havn't read anything that long then they need to. I would hope that they have read the original and the constitution. Why do you think they have staffers. Just help out and send it. I didn't say there would be no response, I said that pols don't read really long letters. They may scan them, but I doubt they sit back and read every single word. If you can get your message in just