Two reports on Iraq

In the New York Times, Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack register some progress in Iraq, without denying the grave problems that remain:

Here is the most important thing Americans need to understand: We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq, at least in military terms. As two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration's miserable handling of Iraq, we were surprised by the gains we saw and the potential to produce not necessarily "victory" but a sustainable stability that both we and the Iraqis could live with.

On the same day Oxfam and other aid organizations have warned of a humanitarian crisis:

According to the report:
-- Four million Iraqis - 15% - regularly cannot buy enough to eat.
-- 70% are without adequate water supplies, compared to 50% in 2003.
-- 28% of children are malnourished, compared to 19% before the 2003 invasion.
-- 92% of Iraqi children suffer learning problems, mostly due to the climate of fear.
-- More than two million people - mostly women and children - have been displaced inside Iraq.
-- A further two million Iraqis have become refugees, mainly in Syria and Jordan.

See also here, here and - for the full report - here [pdf]. Oxfam is calling on countries without troops in Iraq to send more aid.