Don't Grumble, Give a Whistle *

General Patreus must be a "glass-half-full-of-blood" kind of guy:

When Gen. David Petraeus drives through the streets of Iraq's capital, he sees "astonishing signs of normalcy" in half, perhaps two-thirds of Baghdad.

As Bill Hicks once said (in character as Officer Koon) re: the Rodney King tape: "It all depends on how you look at it...for instance, if you look at it backwards, we're helping him on his feet and sending him on his way."

With that in mind...


I'd bet General Patreus would call this "three-fourths normalcy." Shoot, compared to what you might find at a British soccer/football match, it looks kind of serene.


"Vision half-normal."


Half-wounded? Nah--half-healthy!


Half-bombed...but half-standing.

Yeah, it's all in how you look at it. Like with the Army. Some say it's half broken, but I'd bet General Patreus thinks it's half-fixed.
(note: the first picture is Photoshopped, but the others weren't retouched in any way.)