Evidence on the ground in Iraq suggests (see links above) that the surge is like a lid on a pressure cooker, the surge has tightened the lid, but not addressed issues creating pressure inside.
Once the lid is loosened, we return to a previous point—except that ethnic cleansing has already occured and neighborhoods have been ethnically cleansed.
The surge just guarentees the need for US troops indefinately. I saw the Woodward interview, and thought it strange to suggest some magic technology that I can’t tell you about—good strategy to sell books.
Folks that say “the surge is working” are those who would govern by slogans rather than policies.