That Spiegel Article under “Good News”

So yesterday I linked to it’s synopsis.

The US military is more successful in Iraq than the world wants to believe.

Today others have done some re-capping for you if you’d like. It truly is worth the read.

Captain Ed
Instapundit
Jules Crittenden

And in case you already read the link yesterday, today read Michael Yon

The mantra that “there is no political progress in Iraq” is rapidly becoming the “surge” equivalent of a green alligator: when enough people repeat something that sounds plausible, but also happens to be false, it becomes accepted as fact. The more often it is repeated—and the larger the number of people repeating it—the harder it is to convince anyone of the truth: alligators are not green, and Iraqis are making plenty of political progress.

I forget the truthisms that mantra’s turn into “truth” – so it’s good to hear (be reminded) differently.