Salam Pax has a lengthy new post up today, and sadly he seem to be loosing his drive and energy. It was always heartening to hear the ideosyncracies of Baghdad living and to have his generally upbeat tone running through the whole thing. His latest writing is taking a downturn; and it's a shame that his optimism is draining away. Hopefully we can still turn things around there, but it may take regime change here in the US to set the right plans in motion. I can't say I have a great deal of confidance in Team Bush's administration of post-war, and as Salam's latest illustrates so clearly, there's a lot riding on it.