Asskickinpaloooza Part Infinitum

Surgitude!!
A year ago, McStain travelled to Indiana a Baghdad market with a security detail of 100 soldiers and five helicopters. Today, the US won't even go into the market because the market is too unsafe for Americans.
And there are better deals on rugs elsewhere.
UPDATE: Iraqis are welcoming the visit by McSame and Darth Cheney with chocolates and flowers

Explosions rocked Iraq's capital on Monday as Vice President Dick Cheney and Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain visited ahead of the fifth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion.
Helicopter gunships circled over central Baghdad and the heavily fortified Green Zone, but no details were immediately available on the cause of the explosions.

Double Bonus Update:
Karbala suicide bomber claims 32. There were fireworks! And people were dancing in the streets! The War is over. We won.
Maru has more on this below.