Now that Bush is back in the US after his Baghdad trip, it is interesting to read the reactions of Iraqi bloggers to the visit. I have been making it a point to read several Iraqi blogs regularly. They give a different perspective than the ones in the regular media. Being blogs, they don't keep up a pretense of objectivity; all of them are actively hostile to Saddam and al-Qaida, but they vary on their reactions to America and our presence in their country. Of course, since I don't read Arabic I only read the ones in English, and I'm sure that skews my perspective somewhat. But it is important to read primary sources, and nothing is more primary than a journal of one's own experiences and emotions.