McCain saving the "good stuff" from Iraq trip for 60 Minutes this Sunday

[underpants]

http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/2195

McCain Trip B Roll For "60 Minutes" Profile?
McCain: "The American People Are Not Getting the Full Picture Here"

It was clear to all assembled that the trip to Thieves Market in Shorja yesterday was a carefully orchestrated event by the U.S. military and Senator John McCain but many did not know it was specifically for CBS's 60 Minutes. Kirk Semple of the The New York Times went back a day later to discover that it was all a sham.

“They paralyzed the market when they came,” Mr. Faiyad said during an interview in his shop on Monday. “This was only for the media.”

Unlike the Utopian scene designed for the media, many of the merchants wanted to express their need for more security. As expected, the area the group visited was locked down, traffic diverted and access restricted. The NYTimes follow up correctly points out that the market has been bombed at least half a dozen times and residents do not feel the benefits of the surge.


"In recent weeks, snipers hidden in Shorja’s bazaar have killed several people, merchants and the police say, and gunfights have erupted between militants and the Iraqi security forces in the area."

The junket wore body armor and was surrounded by over 100 members of the armed forces. Sniper patrols bristled from surrounding rooftops, six helicopters flew overhead and the " diamond" instead of being 4 people was 30 deep. In a classic psyops move, the entrourage was told to take their helmets off and even General Petraeus put on a forage cap.

A very tired McCain stayed on message and other junket members were there to back him up. What the American public did not know is that McCain's primary purpose is to get location and interview footage for a 60 Minutes segment with Scott Pelley to be broadcast this Sunday.

[Virginia Dare]

1. That's what all good junk dealers say...n/t

[orwell]

2. Are these blowholes capable of anything but...

...another psyop?

“They paralyzed the market when they came,” Mr. Faiyad said during an interview in his shop on Monday. “This was only for the media.”

That pretty much sums up the entire Bushie reign and the modern Con party...

[underpants]

7. The "empty spectacle" as Frank Rich so aptly described it

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/42315/

In his new book, The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina, Frank Rich writes, "... whatever else 9/11 was, we can see now that it was the beginning of a new national narrative -- a compelling and often persuasive story that was told by the president of the United States and his administration to mobilize a shell-shocked country desperate to be led."

"After all the time I spent thinking about the theater, including Washington theater, if I know nothing else, I know empty spectacle when I see it. Not to make light of something that's been tragic for many Americans and the world, but their whole spectacle is like a big empty Andrew Lloyd Webber contraption -- chandeliers rising and falling, people landing in planes on aircraft carriers and celebrating victory -- and it's empty inside."

[Bluebear]

3. I'm all atwitter. nt

[Solly Mack]

4. that "diamond" was a platoon more or less

LMAO

[gatorboy]

5. FINALLY! The chocolates I've been waiting for.

Well hurry up with that candy, McCain. These thighs don't fatten themselves, you know!

[Missy M]

6. Now that the truth has been revealed....

I wonder if 60 Minutes will have a disclaimer at the end of the segment?

[Iwasthere]

9. 60 minutes would drop the segment if they knew what was good for them

... ratings would no doubt go up if they stood up on this.

[C_U_L8R]

8. MAybe 60 minutes will get it's groove back

and confront McCain with the truth about Iraq
(and what bullshit his little photo-op trip was)

naaah.

[DesertRat]

10. McCain has been on edge lately

I'm waiting for him to finally crack under the pressure and show that hot temper that many in AZ and the Senate know so well. :nuke: