I Allow Myself To Be Optimistic For A Paragraph

As I remember, right around the same time as Katrina there was this horrible bridge collapse in southern Baghdad that killed upwards of 900 people. It wasn't from a bombing, just a rumor of a suicide attack that caused a stampede. Three years later, in the middle of a war zone, that bridge has been reopened as a source of hope for the remaining residents.

It's not much, but when there's so much bleakness in Iraq, it's comforting to see Sunnis and Shiites walking together.

(Has the Lower 9th Ward been reopened yet?)