i know the men, women and children

who walk through the hoods of iraq on a daily basis do NOT have 100 armed soldiers guarding them.

by the way whilst mccain was reiterating how SAFE it is in iraq, i believe six us troops were killed.

safe for whom i ask?

McCain strolls Baghdad with Armed Escort

Posted by Evan Derkacz at 6:20 PM on April 1, 2007.

Last week John McCain was caught with his pants down, claiming that "General Petraeus goes out there almost every day in an unarmed humvee."
It was not true -- not by a longshot -- and he was forced to beat a hasty and mealy-mouthed retreat.
Today, McCain, who also said that "There are neighborhoods in Baghdad where you and I could walk through those neighborhoods, today," went out to a market very close to the Green Zone with over 100 armed guards, 3 helicopters, 2 gunships (and a partridge in a...) before holding a press conference in which he reiterated his "it ain't as bad as they tell you in the media" storyline: "The American people are not getting the full picture of what's happening here..."..............

Visiting Iraq, McCain Cites Progress on Safety Issues


By Sudarsan Raghavan and Saad al-Izzi Washington Post Foreign Service and Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, April 2, 2007; Page A10
BAGHDAD, April 1 -- After a heavily guarded walk through a newly fortified Baghdad market, Sen. John McCain declared that the American public was not getting "a full picture" of the progress unfolding in Iraq.
McCain (Ariz.), who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, cited a drop in murders, the creation of a constellation of joint U.S.-Iraqi military outposts and a rise in intelligence tips as signs of the progress............

...............His comments came on a day when the military reported that six American soldiers had been killed by roadside bombs southwest of Baghdad. Murder rates are down, but suicide bombings continue to plague the capital, and violence in other parts of Iraq is surging. At least 152 people were killed last week in twin truck bombings that targeted Shiites in Tall Afar, according to the Interior Ministry, which would make the attack the deadliest since the U.S.-led invasion four years ago. The strike triggered reprisal attacks against Sunnis that left at least 45 dead.................