Who do you trust?

I agree with Juan Cole... the guy in the kitchen is the one who actually knows how hot it gets:Informed Comment: "Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz recently alleged that Western reporters writing on Iraq are negative because they sit in the Green Zone safe in Baghdad and report 'rumors.'

Lasseter, in contrast, asked Sgt. Maj. John Jones if most Americans had any idea whatsoever how bad things were in Ramadi. He replied, 'When people come over here, where do they stay? In the Green Zone. I call it the Safe Zone . . . They miss the full picture.'

That is, Sgt. Maj. Jones has the same analysis of the press reporting as Wolfowitz does, only in reverse. Jones thinks the journalists and politicians don't have a clue as to how difficult the situation is because they mainly stay in the Green Zone. "