The Surge. You know. You should not be cynical about the official reports of the success of the surge. Today, when I heard Gen. Petraeus talking about "sharp decline" in this or that, I wanted to find the truth myself. I investigated and found that he is really right. He was not exaggerating. I mean, there is solid evidence that since the surge started, there has been sharp decline in Iraqi deaths due to cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Even fatalities due to traffic accidents have gone down since the surge started. And the biggest decline has occurred in the area of people dying from suicide.