Victory for Our Leaders!

Again, why are we in Iraq? Only reason I perceive is that we're there to prevent things from getting worse. That is, things going to hell because of an ever-worsening series of mistreatment (to say the least) by the West going back more than 15 years.

Oh, and the oil, of course. Thanks to our success on that front, oil and gas prices are at historical highs. But Big Oil at least is making whatchacall healthy profits.

But there's a ray of sunshine, a basis of hope: Our puppets' foreign minister is pro-Iran.

Okay, so it's a ray of sunshine for one of the biggest threats against the West in the Mideast... another success for Our Beloved Leaders.

And here: Mid-"surge", the Green Zone is no longer a safe zone!

A sharp increase in mortar attacks on the Green Zone -- the one-time oasis of security in Iraq's turbulent capital -- has prompted the U.S. Embassy to issue a strict new order telling all employees to wear flak vests and helmets while in unprotected buildings or whenever they are outside.

The order, obtained by The Associated Press, has created a siege mentality among U.S. staff inside the zone after a recent suicide attack on parliament. It has also led to new fears about long-term safety in the place where the U.S. government is building a massive and expensive new embassy.

The situation is a sharp turnaround for the heavily guarded zone -- long viewed as the safest corner of Baghdad with its shops, restaurants, American fast-food outlets and key Iraqi and U.S. government offices.

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