Tonight, Bush will Bragg, with his audience, Soviet-like, forced to applaud him. But, writes Patrick Cockburn in The Indepedent, “Most of Iraq is today a bloody no-man’s land beset by ruthless insurgents, savage bandit gangs, trigger-happy US patrols and marauding government forces.” And: “All the roads leading out of the capital are cut. Iraqi security and US troops can only get through in heavily armed convoys.” There is much more. Read the article. (Link via Antiwar.com)