The Zogby Military Poll

Mark Blumenthal gives the best account of the pros and cons of the controversial data. I might add that the notion that reports of rampant bombings, sectarian killings and terror are somehow deliberate media lies strikes me as absurd. The first-hand accounts I’ve published from Iraqi bloggers show a real climate of fear and violence and recrimination. It’s obviously a murky situation, but dismissing credible accounts of mayhem bespeaks denial, not engagement.