Major Ben Connable writes from Iraq, via John B. Dwyer. He debunks many media myths and supplies essential perspective to the news coverage of the Sunni—Shia violence. I'm still in Iraq, safe and sound at Camp Fallujah.  I still feel very far removed from the war even though I am fully immersed in its minutia for about 15 hours every day.  At Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi, right on the edge of the river along the northwest of the city, I could smell, taste, and feel Iraq even when I couldn't get outside the gate.  The call to prayer echoed across the water and the occasional stray round would hit the camp.  For all the downsides, living in Ramadi kept me close to the problem at hand.  It's hard to believe that Fallujah of all places is calm, but there it is. And calm it remains.  I catch the TV news for a few minutes each day at the chow hall, and we have an open source cell here that pushes all the major articles over from CNN, FOX, Reuters,...(Read Full Post)