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Catherine Moy
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We told you so. Military bloggers led by such stalwarts as Michael Yon, have told us. Military commanders have told us. And now – FINALLY – the New York Times is catching up with the news: the United States military has secured much of Iraq and people are shopping, laughing and just plain living in Baghdad.

The security improvements in most neighborhoods are real. Days now pass without a car bomb, after a high of 44 in the city in February. The number of bodies appearing on Baghdad’s streets has plummeted to about 5 a day, from as many as 35 eight months ago, and suicide bombings across Iraq fell to 16 in October, half the number of last summer and down sharply from a recent peak of 59 in March, the American military says.
As a result, for the first time in nearly two years, people are moving with freedom around much of this city. In more than 50 interviews across Baghdad, it became clear that while there were still no-go zones, more Iraqis now drive between Sunni and Shiite areas for work, shopping or school, a few even after dark.

It’ll be a great Thanksgiving for patriots. But.  the biggest turkeys of all – Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Cindy Sheehan, the ladies in stinky Code Pinky, and the rest of the white-flag brigade – will cry into their cranberry sauce. Losers.