WTF Is It Now?!?

Astonishing signs of normalcy in Iraq
If by "normal" you mean "violence, bloodshed and chaos"

With the insurgency in its last throes and Awol McGameBoy reassured about Iraq, a car bomb in Baghdad kills 41, another in Samarra kills at least 4, a truck bomb kills at least 78 at a mosque in Baghdad, and 36 are killed in southern Iraq.

In fact, the progress we're making is so fucking significant that the US commander in Baghdad -- under fire from a mortar attack on the Green Zone -- warned it could take as long as a decade to stabilize the country, which, a new report says, is "sinking fast."

Bonus: our ambassador to Iraq is "panicking" Dude. No shit.