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I'm not.
"THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good.He adds that Mike will be headed back to Afghanistan next week.
I've been saying "we won" for some time now, so no argument on that point from me. But if there's any war left in Iraq, it's up north. No one has been reporting from Mosul for a while. That's usually a good sign (recall how news from Anbar disappeared during the surge, as that province tipped into the "win" column) but I'd still like to hear from a trusted source on how things are going up there.
UPDATE:Ed has more here from JD Johannes who just came back from embedding in Iraq
And: Folks who are arriving late to the "war is over and we won" bandwagon might want to get caught up. There are several places you could start here, but I suggest my post-election outlook for Iraq. It might be a bitter pill to swallow for Republicans, but therein I'll explain how you fumbled at the goal line.
Here's my look at Afghanistan from the same (ongoing) series for folks interested in not being on the wrong side of history there..
And by ongoing, I mean I write about this stuff all the time, when I'm not busy living it. Here's a post from last summer (the last time Mike Yon said "the war is over and we won) - part of a series called "While America Slept".