Goose the Blog 2.0

"I don't see anything."

"No, no, there's definitely something up ahead. Right there! See it?"

"If you say so. I still don't see it."

"No, it's there, I think... I bet know what it is. It's the light at the end of the tunnel!"

"..."

"Yeah! It's the light at the end of the tunnel. We finally turned the final corner and that's the light!"

"..."

"That's it I tell you!"

"Whatever. Just keep walking, okay? And try not to bump into me all the time."

"The fact of the matter is, whatever name you put to it won't stop the killing. But what we would like to see is a little less shock at what seems obvious enough with even a cursory glance at the days headlines: The violence in Iraq has long since moved away from being a solely military conflict and has become one where Sunni attacks Shia and Shia respond, with both Iraqis and U.S. troops caught in the middle.

"Call it 'sectarian violence,' call it 'ethnic conflict,' call it 'civil war.' But do us a favor: Just start consistently recognizing that it is happening, instead of expressing surprise at finding it all over again a few months down the road." (CJR Daily)