03 April 2007

Winning Their Hearts and Minds

Quote of the Day #1:
Do they think that when they come and speak few Arabic words in a very bad manner it will make us love them? This country and its society have been destroyed because of them and I hope that they realized that during this visit...

We are being killed by the dozens everyday because of them.
-Jaafar Moussa Thamir, a 42-year-old Iraqi electronics salesman, on the recent visit by Sen. John McCain (BushBitch-AZ)

Quote of the Day #2:
They were laughing and talking to people as if there was nothing going on in this country or at least they were pretending that they were tourists and were visiting the city's old market and buying souvenirs...To achieve this, they sealed off the area, put themselves in flak jackets and walked in the middle of tens of armed American soldiers.
-Karim Abdullah, 37, a textile merchant, on Sen. McCain's walk through the market.

Oh, and there were two Blackhawk helicopters flying overhead.

Safe to walk the streets of Baghdad, eh Senator?