U.S.: Iraqi Insurgent Attacks Intensifying

We were told that the surge was working. Now we being told that we can't win the war militarily:

Insurgents have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security crackdown and additional U.S. forces will be sent to areas outside the capital where militant groups are regrouping, the new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday.

Did you not foresee that the insurgents would pop up elsewhere while you cracked down in Baghdad? Now the Bushists are being forced to admit that they have to negotiate, which is what most people have been saying all along:

But Petraeus stressed that military force alone is "not sufficient" to end the violence in Iraq and political talks must eventually include some militant groups now opposing the U.S.-backed government.