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April 03, 2007
A walk in the park?
Sen. John McCain finally took his stroll through a Baghdad market Monday, if you consider an orchestrated walk with 100 armed soliders and helicopters overhead a "stroll." Mr. McCain was also wearing a bullet-proof vest.
The New York Times talked to some merchants in the market, who said they complained about their situations and balked at the suggestion that things were anywhere near safe in Baghdad.
Ali Jassim Faiyad remarked on the photo-op by noting, "The security procedures were abnormal!”
Mr. McCain then proceeded to hop in a tank and drive schoolchildren to soccer practice, noting that there's nothing like a drive through the Iraqi capitol to calm one's nerves. That last part may not have taken place. But at this point, what part does truth have to play in our narrative?
Posted by Greg Sidor at April 3, 2007 12:59 AM