For a long time it seemed like (well, ok, some) Americans were very optimistic about Iraq, while Iraqis were quite the opposite. Now, maybe it's flipped:

So in the last few days WaPo ran a story asserting that "the debate is over" and the Iraqi Civil War is officially raging, and the NYT ran a story claiming that "by almost all measures," Iraq's insurgency is getting worse. So how is it that people in Baghdad are telling ABC News that they feel safer than they've felt in a long time?

I've never been particularly sure of who to believe.