The perils of neglecting your blog: You miss Ralph Peters in Baghdad:

March 1, 2006 — THE reporting out of Baghdad continues to be hysterical and dishonest. There is no civil war in the streets. None. Period.
Terrorism, yes. Civil war, no. Clear enough?

Read the rest. I think Peters is a little hard on the media when he calls them “allies” of the terrorists. At best they are being manipulated, and at worst they are being “useful idiots.” But we shouldn’t forget that the terrorists hate and kill journalists just about as often as they can. That said, Peters is absolutely right to criticize the media for the “civil war” hysteria, matched only by the “port security” hysteria back home. Funny how both made-up crises work to the Democrats’ advantage.