Prometheus 6

Despite the Fighting in Basra, Bush Emphasizes Progress
By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 28, 2008; A15

DAYTON, Ohio, March 27 -- The images from Baghdad and Basra bristled with explosions, burning buildings, angry street protests, rocket smoke wafting from the Green Zone. The words from Dayton were "remarkable" and "victory" and "rebirth."

Whose victory? Whose rebirth? Maybe Bush is right. Maybe perpetual war is the new normal.