McCain Cites Baghdad Safety, Guarded By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships

[Richard Tafoya]

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

Video at link.
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 (http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/6817722.html)” of what’s going on in Iraq.


NBC’s Nightly News provided further details (http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/01/graham-mccain-rugs/) 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.

McCain recently claimed that there “are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods (http://thinkprogress.org/2007/03/28/roberts-cnn-mccain-iraq/), 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.

[LesterX]

Hilarious. John McCain has become a moron. He's lost all credibility in his desperate bid to attract the right wing of the Republican party. He also claimed that General Petraeus goes out in Baghdad in an unarmed Humvee.

[Richard Tafoya]

That very marketplace was the site of an attack after McCain and his 100 bodyguards, 3 Blackhawks and 2 Gunships left.

[LesterX]

If some dumb American decides to take McCain at his word and wanders the streets of Baghdad openly, will McCain be charged as an accessory to murder if the person is killed?