Good morning! So, here’s a little good news/bad news for your Friday:

Iraqis take over security duties in Babel

The good news? The Iraqis are taking over security duties in Babel. Capt. UberHusband spent a good chunk of his time in Iraq in this very area, and completely understands the significance of this event.

The bad news? The Dallas Morning News buried this story somewhere towards the back of the first section of today’s paper, in a tiny 1/2-column news blip. Because of that, most people probably skimmed right past it. To be fair, I generally skim past the stories of security in Iraq being turned over to the Iraqis…but that’s because I know it’s going on. On this particular day though, it was personal.

The really bad news? There are still so many people out there saying we’re not getting anywhere in Iraq. Really? Not getting anywhere?

You know, this isn’t an issue of supporting the war versus not supporting it. This is an issue of how facts get lost within partisan rhetoric, and how anything positive which might come out of all of this can conveniently be swept under the rug by the media or really, anyone else who decides that progress or some semblance of positive news is counter-productive to his/her agenda.

And that’s all I have to say about that.