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Chuck the Schmuck
There is no debate: Chuck is a Schmuck. 
Here is his latest revision of history:
And let me be clear, the violence in Anbar has gone down despite the surge, not because of the surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from al Qaeda said to these tribes we have to fight al Qaeda ourselves. It wasn’t that the surge brought peace here. It was that the warlords took peace here, created a temporary peace here. And that is because there was no one else there protecting.
J.D. Johannes, who has been there and has interviewed hundreds of eyewitnesses in Iraq, slaps Chuck down:
There are many problems with Schumer’s revisionist history–mainly that a lot of the tribal fighters working with the Marines and Soldiers are former insurgents.
I’ve been on missions with tribal fighters. I’ve broken bread with them. I’ve asked them why they started standing up against Al Qaida and the insurgents.
The answer always involves the brutality of Al Qaida. Never once have I heard an Iraqi say they turned on the insurgents because the coalition could not protect them from the insurgents.
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