Phenomenal progress!

A defining moment! Iraqi casualties have climbed sharply --

Fighting between Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in the country to their highest level in more than six months.

In another sign of our remarkable turnaround, the Iraq offensive has backfired, strengthening radical cleric al-Sadr and highlighting the fact that the CommanderGuy and his bud Maliki are incompetent yutzes --

When [Tipsy McStaggers] said Friday that the Iraqi government's unprecedented offensive against Shiite militias would be a "defining moment in the history of a free Iraq," he surely didn't have in mind the results evident today...

And as we've turned another corner...

Aid groups including U.N. agencies say nearly 2.8 million Iraqis are now uprooted within their country.

Oh, and the Iranian general that helped broker the recent Iraqi cease fire agreement? He's on the U.S. terror watch list.