Quote of the Day

"But they're mostly from people who were declaring the war a quagmire after 15 minutes, and who peddled the bogus looting stories. Others are from more credible sources, but even those are hard to place in perspective. Europe and Japan looked pretty crappy for quite a while after World War II -- ordinary people were putting food on the table via prostitution for quite some time after the war, something now largely forgotten except for vague jokes about nylons and chocolate bars. Things aren't nearly that bad in Iraq."

Glenn Reynolds, from a June 01, 2003 blog post.

Lara Logan describes her first time in Ramadi. Sewage was ankle-deep and children were eating moldy bread. Reynolds would call this media bias. Which makes me wonder what does Reynolds think living in a warzone is actually like?