ARTICLE: Similarities to Iraq Surge Plan Mask Risks in Afghanistan, By DAVID E. SANGER, New York Times, December 4, 2009

Nice overview of similarities and differences between Iraq and Afghanistan surges.

Key bit at end:

In the next few weeks, members of the Obama war cabinet are expected to show up in Islamabad and Kabul with one message: We're not leaving. Really.

So no repeat of 1989, we are told.