Hat Tip to LA Times: Good News from Iraq

It needs to be said often because the other side continues to pursue its disinformation campaign: things are going well in Iraq, though not perfectly. Even the LA Times, which vies with its Bay area neighbors to the north for the title of America's Most Consistently Liberal Daily, has taken notice.

In a column by the delightfully named Max Boot, the Times notes that:

• Iraqis express confidence about improvement in their situation in opinion polls.
• American soldiers express confidence about the success of their mission in opinion polls.
• The Iraqi economy is improving by leaps and bounds, so that ordinary Iraqis are now substantially better off than before the war.
• Real democracy is taking root rapidly in Iraq, including the establishment of a fair electoral process and the rapid growth of independent media.
• The insurgents have been more successful in their campaign to control opinion on America's main street than in the so-called Arab street.

So SWNID gives the Times a rare hat tip and Max Boot a big hand.