"Surge" is the new in-word. I used to think it meant to thrust forward, as in:"So I put my foot on the gas, surged from 80kph to 140 and made it from Dwight, Ontario, Canada, to Huntsville, 23 ks away in five minutes. The cop car surged, too, and now this is coming to you from the local slammer."
But there's something coined in Washington called a "troop surge,"sending another 20,000 soldiers to Bagdhad immediately. The aim is to win the war. Perhaps in years, or even months to come the word "surge" will be defined as "catastrophic stupidity" or "how to become bogged down in the mother of all quagmires."
As a journalist, getting to that quagmire is dangerous, especially for the accountants. The latest rate for a ride from the airport to the Green Zone is $10,000. That's right, ten thousand dollars. And there are no discounts if your vehicle hits a landmine, or roadside bomb.
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