Republican Senator and presidential candidate John McCain, who continues to be one of the few supporters of the Iraq war, recently paid a visit to Iraq to demonstrate how safe it was. It should be noted, however, that he was under heavy guard by the American military. He even delivered a speech in a Baghdad market to demonstrate how things were improving.
In what must be a sign of all that improvement, snipers began shooting at shoppers at that same market the day after McCain and his security detail left.
But enough about Baghdad. How are things elsewhere in Iraq? Well, it depends on how you like at it, and some people may portray this event in a negative light, but last week's bombing in Tal Afar turned out to be the deadliest of the entire four year war.
One hundred fifty two Iraqis died in that particular last throe of the insurgency.
In what must be a sign of all that improvement, snipers began shooting at shoppers at that same market the day after McCain and his security detail left.
But enough about Baghdad. How are things elsewhere in Iraq? Well, it depends on how you like at it, and some people may portray this event in a negative light, but last week's bombing in Tal Afar turned out to be the deadliest of the entire four year war.
One hundred fifty two Iraqis died in that particular last throe of the insurgency.
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