Sami Rasouli is more than this reality denying nation deserves--the friend who loves you too much to indulge you with lying flatteries. He has been a frequent guest on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and I have never heard any utterance from him that didn't have hard evidence to back it up.

As for John McCain--well of course Baghdad looks just like downtown Phoenix on a weekend afternoon to him. Give me an escort of 100 assault troops, a couple attack helicopters circling overhead and a nice thick bulet-proof vest and I'll go for a stroll there too.

As for "W" and "the Dickster" I'll believe they are serious about the importance of sacrifice in Iraq when they send their adult aged girls over there to fight with all the rest of the troops.