Dinner talk: Very interesting...and a little disturbing...post over at Winds of Change about a dinner conversation with an educated Iranian who is convinced there are over 75,000 civilian casualties in Iraq. Key graf from Armed Liberal:

What does it say about the millions of Arabs in the Middle East, and the gap between us, if this Westernized, educated, security-cleared man believes that we're essentially living in "The Matrix"? And what does that mean to our plans and hopes for the region?

It's a litle maddening when you're trying to talk to someone who takes the word of "somebody near the border" over every reputable news source in the Western world. Even Le Monde!