Following his surprise visit to Iraq President George W. Bush has announced that the "surge" strategy in Iraq was working.
"Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker tell me if the kind of success we are now seeing continues, it will be possible to maintain the same level of security with fewer American forces," Bush said, in a carefully prepared spontaneous statement.
According to several news reports this success includes 2,318 civilian deaths during the month of August.
"We have analyzed the numbers and feel we can keep the civilian death toll at this level with as few as twenty American troops," said a spokesman.
"By agreeing to withdraw troops, we prove that the surge is working."
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