Safe, Safe Iraq, Part II

Not sure if you know about the minor dust up between the "iraq is safe" crowd and CNN correspondent, Michael Ware. Ware has called McCain to the matte (mat? matt? floor?) about the Senator's preposterous claims of many areas in Baghdad safe to walk around. I won't go into some long explanation of the controversy because Americaglog has the goods and a video link to press conference where there are allegations the Ware heckled McCain (didn't happen, btw. Ware didn't even ask a question).

Anyway, take a look.

McCain really is taking a page from the BushCo playbook. 'If you say something enough, it will become reality.'

Safe, Safe Iraq

"20 bullet-riddled bodies were found, most in Baghdad, apparent victims of so-called sectarian death squads that are believed to be run by Shiite militias. The number was low compared to the average of 50 bodies per day that were turning up before the security crackdown."

"Two top Sunni officials — lawmaker Omar Abdul-Sattar and Omar al-Jubouri, an aide to Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi — escaped an assassination attempt when a roadside bomb struck their convoy as it passed through one of Baghdad's most restive neighborhoods — the latest in a series of attacks by suspected Sunni insurgents against fellow Sunnis who have joined the political process."

via: SFgate
Can we please stop calling this a Civil War and call it what it is, a religious war. Who's toes are we afraid of stepping on?

John McCain takes a stroll through one of those 'safe' neighborhoods accompanied By 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, 2 Apache Gunships." Safe, indeed (click on the 'safe' link to watch McCain make the claim that anyone can walk through the street safely).