So much for the Good News From Iraq

This is progress?

Two car bombs have exploded in Baghdad, with Iraqi police reporting at least seven dead and 14 wounded in the first blast.
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More than 300 people have been killed in bombings in the last 10 days.
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The number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war passed 1,600 on Sunday, according to military reports.

In all, 1,783 coalition forces -- not counting Iraqi forces -- have been killed. The U.S. death toll passed 1,000 in September 2004.

According to news reports compiled by Pat Kniesler of the Web site iCasualties.org, more than 2,000 Iraqi soldiers, police and guardsmen have been killed since U.S.-led troops began working with Iraqis to build a security force under the Coalition Provisional Authority in 2003.

The number of Iraqi civilians killed in the war remains unknown. Data compiled by the Web site iraqbodycount.org suggests that between 21,000 and 25,000 civilians have been confirmed killed.

How much longer before the U.S. military gets tired of playing Whack-A-Mole with all the insurgent groups and pulls out, no doubt declaring that the Iraqi security forces are ready to take over? And how long after that before the civil war, do you think?

Can we stop saying, "Hey, maybe Bush was right all along?" I'm looking at you, Bill Maher.