ANDREW SULLIVAN has a lot of interesting news from Iraq today, much of it under-reported, or unreported, elsewhere.

Here’s a link to an interesting Paul Wolfowitz transcript regarding goings-on in Iraq, too.

UPDATE: Reader Liam Colvin emails:

Listening to NPR this morning, and Carl Castle (sp?) was reading the headlines. He said that Wolfowitz was quoted as saying “we did stupid things in Iraq”. Clearly, if you read the remarks in the transcript you linked to today, he does *not* say anything of the kind, at least in the context of what happened in Iraq. Again, as the Daily Howler pointed out, a case of the media going for the low hanging fruit and not getting the reality of the statement correct.

Yes, I noted the same spin on Wolfowitz’s remarks in my complimentary USA Today this morning. I agree that it’s rather misleading.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Kurt Dykstra points to this article on the Wolfowitz interview by Peter Slevin and Dana Priest in the Washington Post and comments:

My God, either these people are really stupid and cannot fathom the complexities of a “things overall progressing, but we’ve got some areas of concern” report or they are mischievous sons of bitches. But really, what is Wolfowitz to do? Put on the rose colored glasses and get pummeled by the major media for being a hack or give an honest assessment and get pummeled by the major media for “admitting” that “we were wrong?” Geesh, I’d like to see these clowns in the media harping about the “quagmire” occurring as we “lose the peace” because of “faulty or inadequate planning” try to organize a high school class reunion.

God knows they’re thin-skinned when anyone criticizes them, though.