First of all, I'd like to clarify that the term “surge” was probably one that they used in Iraq, but it is not a term they use in Afghanistan. It is not a surge in Afghanistan. They're coming in to help in large numbers, and they know they're going to be there for the long run. That's a little bit different from the case in Iraq, where they had a surge in order to do certain things.
On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.