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</html><description>I really want to believe widely linked stories such as this Michael Yon piece: All describe the bizarro-world contrast between what most Americans seem to think is happening in Iraq versus what is really happening in Iraq. Knowing this disconnect exists and experiencing it directly are two separate matters. It&#x2019;s like the difference between holding &hellip;</description><thumbnail_url>https://balloon-juice.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tunchiswatching.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>2048</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>1536</thumbnail_height></oembed>
