You'd have missed this interesting insight:

If we were in Beirut, grozny or Tehran with the same set of events we just had in Baghdad, We would have half of the politicians around us assassinated by rival factions, at least 10 suicide bombers, half of the American journalists here taken as hostages and sectarian / ethnic fighting’s in the streets. Instead of that what we see around us, is a city going back to life some times grudgingly but other times with fast speed.

So don't forget to Check G out.