The cost…

…of The Course™. Terry McCarthy scans the bystanders...

For ordinary Iraqis, life has become ever more difficult. Many women are now afraid to leave their homes to go shopping, children are kept indoors to play, men sleep with guns next to their beds — if they can sleep at all. The physical violence is horrific, but even more widespread is the psychological damage...

"[Y]ou…cannot be a President in a wartime and not
realize that you’ve got to stay the course.”

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow