Michael Yon has another great photo essay from Iraq. Don’t miss it.

This war is fraught with more paradoxes and seeming contradictions than I can track, but one thing I�??ve encountered on every embed is the high number of people who know the most, and suffer the most, still believe we are winning. For the most part, anyway. While most of the young soldiers still hold hope for a good outcome here, others think it�??s a lost cause. The same is true for Iraqis. Many are still pushing for better days, while others guzzle apathy tea.

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