You are a smart guy ORAC , but you were kidding us, right ??
I have the utmost respect for Michael Yon. Those of you who know his website will know he has been reporting, embedded, on the ground in Iraq for many years.
Nothwithstanding the occasional atrocity still taking place, if he says that the Iraqi forces are now up and running well and that the war, as such, is over, I am inclined to believe him as an informed and impartial source.