More Iraqis Said to Flee Since Troop Increase

In all this talk about the surge and winning, there is very little concern over the cost to the Iraqi people this war has taken. Bush intends are winning this war if it means killing or forcing into exile every Iraqi. I guess if you force people out of an area then certainly it is going to look like violence is down, as being argued by the neocons; ipso-facto--the war is being won by George:

The number of Iraqis fleeing their homes has soared since the American troop increase began in February, according to data from two humanitarian groups, accelerating the partition of the country into sectarian enclaves.

Despite some evidence that the troop buildup has improved security in certain areas, sectarian violence continues and American-led operations have brought new fighting, driving fearful Iraqis from their homes at much higher rates than before the tens of thousands of additional troops arrived, the studies show.

But at least al Qaeda is on the run, the Bushies would argue:

Statistics collected by one of the two humanitarian groups, the Iraqi Red Crescent Organization, indicate that the total number of internally displaced Iraqis has more than doubled, to 1.1 million from 499,000, since the buildup started in February.