Romanticizing Iraq

Senator McCain walks freely through an open-air market in Iraq while wearing a bullet-proof vest accompanied by 100 soldiers.

We don't mind putting on a cardigan or an anorak for a lazy Sunday stroll, but a bulletproof vest? That just looks like you're trying too hard.

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