Something that WE already know, but read it anyway, it's great!

Here's something in case you missed it elsewhere. Watch close, the links are connected. Via Gateway Pundit:

Michael Totten is in Baghdad reporting what many of us suspected for a long, long time, via Glenn Reynolds:

"You’d think explosions and gunfire define Iraq if you look at this country from far away on the news. They do not. The media is a total distortion machine. Certain areas are still extremely violent, but the country as a whole is defined by heat, not war, at least in the summer. It is Iraq’s most singular characteristic. I dread going outside because it’s hot, not because I’m afraid I will get hurt..."
Read it all HERE.

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