The purpose of this short diary is to introduce a brand new video up on the Guardian website about the war in Iraq made by an embedded reporter. It is devastatingly honest.
The link is here
Please watch the video. Even though it probably only confirms what you already know, it is an excellent video that lays out quite plainly why the US is having so much trouble, and almost no matter what, there is no way to win by staying.
At one point an Iraqi working with the US is asked whether he would give up his freedom and live under Saddam just to get cooking gas and fuel. He answers "of course". The American soldier is incredulous. Talk about an insurmountable cultural divide.
Not the sort of video you will see on US TV.