McCain has claimed Iraq is so safe and that the American people aren't getting the full story about all the progress in the occupied country. Many in the reality-based community have scolded him for his ridiculous views but McCain has other plans. He tried to show that Baghdad was actually safe by risking a walk around town.
From Crooks and Liars:
Saint McCain is in Iraq this week and proving the "three-months-late" media wrong. Last week he said that the surge is so promising that you can walk the streets of Baghdad safely. He reaffirmed that point at a press conference today, only he forgot to mention that you need 100 US soldiers, three blackhawk helicopters and two apache gunships watching your back. Oops. Must have slipped his mind.
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Of course McCain has to blame the media again. Newsweek reminds us just how "safe" Baghdad really is:
[I]t didn't take the insurgents long to send their reply. Less then 30 minutes after McCain wrapped up, a barrage of half a dozen mortars peppered the boundaries of the Green Zone, where the senators held their press conference.
Now that is definitely a place where I would feel safe. Nothing like a ton of troops and 5 helicopters watching over me. If only every American serving over there had protection like that. I'm sure I could walk around Baghdad like Johnny Boy. Oh wait, what do mortars do again?
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