Well, that's a thought that's gonna to fester...

One of the more interesting things I've found through American Footprints is Inside Iraq. It "chronicles daily life in a war zone through the words of Iraqi journalists in McClatchy's Baghdad Bureau as they risk so much each day to survive." I can't vouch for its veracity, but it certainly appears valid. My take is that if this is a fraud, these guys are very good in both what they've written, and how they write it; complete with the sort of language mistakes I've seen in non-native English writers.

That said, some of the posts from Inside Iraq are the most heart-wrenching as well as thought provoking I've seen in a while. For example, this one, questioning the allegiances of the current Iraqi government should push ever truly come to shove:

If the war started between U.S. and Iran, on which side the Iraqi government will be?

He goes on to point out that:

Please remember the Iraqi government is an Islamic government led by Islamist. Many of them were living in Iran for more than 25 years.

Many members of the current Iraqi government prefer to speak to you in Persian rather than Arabic

There are a host of reasons why even a Shi'ite Islamic Iraqi government wouldn't go towards Iran, 160k American troops being a primary one. But still, it is a thought that's gonna fester...