I just had to blog this one. There may be no more anti-American, anti-Iraq War publication in the world (with the exception of al-Jazeera) than the British newspaper The Guardian. And that's why when I saw this headline and read the accompanying story, my jaw dropped and nearly hit the floor: A surge of their own: Iraqis take back the streets Attacks plummet as Shias join Sunnis in neighbourhood patrols to tackle militants and reunite communities. And the positive spin in the story itself makes me believe that if the Guardian thinks things are getting better, that the situation in Iraq must be almost peachy:     The city's neighbourhood security groups vary greatly in form, content and function. But they all appear to have sprung from a shared desire to rise above the sectarian tensions tearing apart large areas of their city.   Though life in Baghdad is still far from normal, and the security situation still...(Read Full Post)