State Of Iraq

I read this brief story yesterday in the Washington Post, but I missed the link to the actual cable from the US embassy in Iraq. Go read it here. It doesn't quite paint the rosy picture we hear from the administration. I guess it hasn't been Meghanized yet, which is how Bush receives his information. From the New York Times:

Ms. [Meghan] O'Sullivan, who was crisp and wary in a recent interview in her office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, would say little more about her conversations with Mr. Bush. But people who have seen her brief the president say she has been succinct, unpretentious, full of facts and cheerful — exactly what Mr. Bush likes.

Scary, huh?