THIS WEEK’S CARNIVAL OF THE LIBERATED, a roundup of Iraqi blog posts, is up.

Meanwhile, Dave Weigel reviews Gunner Palace and asks:

Why do I have to go [to] the movies to see video of soldiers in Iraq? The TVs blaring over our desks in the office had been playing nothing but human interest stories all week – Terri Schiavo, Robert Blake, Scott Peterson, some missing girl in Florida (why is it ALWAYS Florida?) Stories of euthenasia and murder in small-town America and Hollywood. I could expect to hear about this stuff in times of peace. But we have 150,000 soldiers risking their lives for us 24/7 in Iraq and Afghanistan. They’re shooting it out with snipers, busting down doors, arresting assassins, quelling riots, handing out candy to schoolkids, cuddling babies at orphanages, Hummering down to the Baghdad airport’s McDonalds to get a precious Big Mac. In what twisted universe is this not interesting?

A universe in which it’s become apparent that we’re winning the war, I suspect . . . .

Meanwhile, read this post by Austin Bay.