Ordinary life hardly the norm in Baghdad

This is a "good" story only because it points out how "horrible" life is in Baghdad. If we can't know what's happening and have empathy for the people, we've no chance of ever leaving Iraq.

"Today, most of Baghdad's neighborhoods are being patrolled by coalition and Iraqi forces who live among the people they protect. Many schools and markets are reopening. Citizens are coming forward with vital intelligence. Sectarian killings are down. And ordinary life is beginning to return."

— President Bush in his speech Thursday on Iraq

Guess it depends on your definition of "ordinary".

Bush[...] is speaking the opposite of what's going on on the ground."

— Ali Mohammed, Saidiyah in southwest Baghdad

Via McClatchy.