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"Petraeus: McCain’s market trip ‘helped the Iraqi economy.’
On PBS yesterday, Gen. David Petraeus tried to boost up Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) much-maligned visit to Baghdad’s Shorja market: “He was not protected by a cocoon of security. Yep, there was security there, but he out — actually he helped the Iraqi economy quite a bit, bought a number of carpets, in fact.” McCain did not reveal his goods, but Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) contributed to the economy by purchasing “five rugs for five bucks.”"
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I saw this on Newshour. Ridiculous. He actually said McCain bought some rugs too. Awesome.
One thing he also noted is that this particular market is surrounded, ala "the Green Zone" by huge concrete borders. Yep, McCain, Patreus, Graham, just normal americans walking around Baghdad. Wonder if I could just walk around Baghdad...
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