Iraq - Reconstruction - Intelligence - Insurgency - Terrorism - New York Times
About once every two to three weeks the NYT (usually James Glanz, who I met once, several years ago, under unusual circumstances, very sharp) publishes an article that takes stock of the "State of Iraq." Today, he reports the unclear picture painted by the meshing of the pessimists and the optimists and the confusion that can lead to: in Baghdad, and in, say, Omaha. Improving here, getting worse there, and then the opposite next week. Watching statistics in Iraq is like watching the stock market.
It would be interesting to see snapshots of all of these snapshot articles over the 5 or so years of the Iraq War and see how tones and outlooks have varied.
