Day to day in the Sunni neighborhood of Zayuna

The WaPo has a gripping depiction of a Sunni neighborhood protection group in Iraq.

Also, for years Rumsfeld and other Pentagon officials have been implying that troop reductions in Iraq could be coming soon. What do I make of the fact that the language has now turned to "hoped for" troop reductions? The administration's language has gone from 14 of 18 provinces stable and ready for imminent turnover to Iraqi forces to Peter Pace saying that no province is ready for turnover?

Also, if you didn't see this from FAIR, it's pretty funny. Tom Friedman's history of saying that Americans need to wait just "six more months" for Iraq to resolve, which makes yesterday's editorial where he tore into the Bush administration even more telling. (The editorial is behind a subscription wall, so the link is an excerpt.)