Try reading this.
I suppose you'd regard this as "good news:"
Three Car Bomb Attacks Kill 43 in Baghdad
By ANTONIO CASTANEDA
Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Three car bombs exploded near a bus station and hospital in Baghdad Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and wounding 89 in the deadliest attacks in the capital in weeks, police said. Survivors searched charred buses and cars for signs of relatives.
Does your "blogger" mention this? Its a quagmire, Tom. A friggin' quagmire.