New Toon: Baghdad Safety Tips

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McCain on his Baghdad Rug Buying Trip:

“I can understand why [the Army] would provide me with that security, but I can tell you that if it had been two months ago and I’d asked to do it, they would have said, ‘Under no circumstances whatsoever.’ I view that as a sign of progress”

The New York Times has an even better way of putting it:

Nearly two months into the new security push in Baghdad, there has been some success in reducing the number of death squad victims found crumpled in the streets each day.

A great measure of success by any standard.

Thursday: More McCain Madness!