.. on the other hand, the pooch is optimistic:
Tony Blair said there were "signs of change and progress" in Iraq, as he made his seventh and final visit there as prime minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6672097.stm
meanwhile, another 5 US troops were killed yesterday, after 5 the day before ....
Probably don't have the same understanding of " progress " ....
