a woman, a gun, a revolution

An Iraqi recruit receives help determining which eye
is her dominant, during AK-47 weapons training at
the Jordanian Royal Military Academy, Jordan.

This earthquake in the very heart of the Middle East brought to you courtesy the United States Armed Forces.

(Via Roger L. Simon.)

Meanwhile, Australian blogger Arthur Chrenkoff offers a long and link-filled installment in his series Good News From Iraq. And he's hit the big time, as this one is reprinted in the WSJ's Opinion Journal.

Good on him. And now I can end my evening feeling a touch more optimistic than is my wont.