McCain Strolls Through Baghdad Market ...

[meegbear]

Accompanied By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships


Sen. John McCain strolled briefly through an open-air market in Baghdad today in an effort to prove that Americans are “not getting the full picture” of what’s going on in Iraq.

NBC’s Nightly News provided further details about McCain’s one-hour guided tour. He was accompanied by “100 American soldiers, with three Blackhawk helicopters, and two Apache gunships overhead.” Still photographs provided by the military to NBC News seemed to show McCain wearing a bulletproof vest during his visit.

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McCain recently claimed that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today.” In a press conference after his Baghdad tour, McCain told a reporter that his visit to the market today was proof that you could indeed “walk freely” in some areas of Baghdad.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/mccain-iraq-stroll

[ixion]

1. yeah, with only body armor and a military escort

:eyes:

[waiting for hope]

2. A picture is worth a thousand words....

Asshat.

[formercia]

3. Let's see him do a full tour

one pansy patrol doesn't cut it.

[Learn2Swim]

4. walkin freely huh?

:rofl: sad attempt to save face on his comments

[cboy4]

5. I wonder if he requested that only heterosexual soldiers

provide his protection. :eyes:

[Norquist Nemesis]

6. Just saw a clip on CNN of his press conference

His words did not match his mannerisms, though. He sounded tired, depressed, and ...flat.

I would have thought that the 'progress' he talked about in that PC would have him upbeat and confident! But, he didn't come anywhere close to that in the way he spoke.

[speedoo]

8. "He sounded tired, depressed, and ...flat." In other words, he had a good day.....

Since he did not sound.... stupid.

[brentspeak]

7. Whatever credibility McCain thought he had is now gone forever.

He sounded like Henry Kissinger in 1972 claiming that "peace is at hand" in Vietnam.

[MADem]

12. Or like this pair.....separated by a decade and a half

"With 1968," (WESTMORELAND) said, speaking before the National Press Club in Washington, "a new phase is starting .. we have reached an important point where the end begins to come into view." In a televised news conference, he used the phrase "light at the end of the tunnel" to describe improved U.S. fortunes, repeating almost word- for-word a prognostication made by French General Henri Navarre in May of 1953.


http://ehistory.osu.edu/vietnam/books/aiv/0028.cfm

When will they ever learn?

[stillcool]

9. wow...and I thought "Baghdad-Bob" was ludicrous...n/t

[IWantAChange]

10. The 'reality disconnect' of the GOP is nothing short of astounding.

What F'en world are they living in???

[MADem]

11. Gee, how much is kevlar for the average citizen?

Is there a body armour store in the bazaar?

What a load....

Speaking of walking freely, he can walk freely in any men's room in the Green Zone, I'd wager.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. Looks like he borrowed the shirt from Bush.

[youthere]

14. I foresee a photo op in a flight suit featuring McCain...

I wonder if Bush will loan him a codpiece?