I think this article paints a good picture of the improvements and challenges facing Baghdad today. Especially chilling is the brutality that finally pushed the Iraqis and the Coalition together to effect real change at the neighborhood level.
Some fodder to mull over as you weather the political (and worthless) recession banter that we are sure to be assulted with over the coming year. The posts and comments that follow are just as interesting. Do your own homework. Trust no one.
"Overnight, though, something magical happened to my hand, and when I awoke, I discovered that from the elbow down, my little bee sting had somehow transmogrified into Popeye's right arm."
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