Progressin' Kickassapaloooza

Tipsy McSnorty today on his upcoming and latest new "way forward" and surgitude in Iraqnam:

As this debate unfolds, I ask people on both sides to keep an open mind, and to take a close look at the situation on the ground.

And from John McSame, the presumptive nominee for Smirky's third term:

We're succeeding. I don't care what anybody says.

And yet more from Crawford's village idiot The Commander Guy:

I talked to General Odierno -- he's the number two man in Iraq. He just came back after courageously serving our country, and he came to the Oval Office, and here's what he told me. He said, he flew over Baghdad 15 months ago and he couldn't see a single soccer game. On his final flight last month, he counted more than 180. Now, that may sound normal to us and we take it for granted, but it is a sign that the surge is working and civil society is beginning to grow. It is a sign normalcy is returning back to Iraq.

Now THERE is a great sign of progress. Nevermind the 150 dead in the last few days. But wait! The astonishing signs of normalcy are breaking out all over Iraqnam:

Fighting continues unabated in Basra
Across Iraq, battles erupt with Mahdi Army
123 Iraqis, 3 US Contractors Killed; 191 Iraqis Wounded
Thousands in Baghdad Protest Basra Assault
Growing clashes with US troops in Iraq
Baghdad's Green Zone attacked for 4th day this week
Bombers attack Basra oil pipeline
Iraqi spokesman kidnapped in Baghdad

Darth Cheney: So?