Quote of the Day

Heck, let’s just go ahead and make it the quote of the week! Could it be General Patraeus is just trying too hard?

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 [...]

Tags: John McCain, Baghdad, Market Visit, General Patraeus

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