Cheney Is Still Lying

Daily Kos fact checks Cheney's description of the Iraq war "...successful endeavor ... and it has been well worth the effort."

In contrast, Patrick Cockburn In The Independent writes Iraq is a country no more. Like much else, that was not the plan. "Five years of occupation have destroyed Iraq as a country. Baghdad is today a collection of hostile Sunni and Shia ghettoes divided by high concrete walls. Different districts even have different national flags. Sunni areas use the old Iraqi flag with the three stars of the Baath party, and the Shia wave a newer version, adopted by the Shia-Kurdish government. The Kurds have their own flag. The Iraqi government tries to give the impression that normality is returning. Iraqi journalists are told not to mention the continuing violence."

McCain is in Iraq too. Remember that market he "strolled through" a year ago with a bulletproof vest, 100 Soldiers, 3 Blackhawks, and 2 Apache gunships while saying saying you or I could walk freely around some Baghdad neighborhoods? It's too dangerous for him to go there this trip.