Asked if the surge strategy implemented by Gen. David Petraeus is working, Dennis Kucinich got his opportunity to address his big issue, saying that the troop increase is fueling the insurgency. Then he took that notion and applied it to the current strife in Pakistan, explaining that American aggression in Iraq had increased instability across the Muslim world. Then he flipped the old "peace through strength" adage of the Cold Warriors into his own new mantra. --Adele M. Stan