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Doing her best impression of Baghdad Bob, State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf gave the Iraqi army props following the fall of Ramadi.Never mind that Iraqi forces cut and ran, surrendering the city to Islamic State militants.“The Iraqi security forces have held their lines on the outside of the city,” Harf told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Wednesday.Ferguson protesters mad about not gettingpaid; start ‘cut the check’ hashtag campaignTalk about putting lipstick on a pig, that’s taking spin to a whole new level.Bloomberg columnist Josh Rogin posted Harf’s comment on Twitter and the reaction indicates that the Obama administration is fooling very few people these days.Here’s a sampling from Twitter: .@marieharf is on @wolfblitzer praising the Iraqi army: “The Iraqi security forces have held their lines on the outside of the city.” — Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) May 20, 2015 @joshrogin @marieharf @wolfblitzer Bagdad Bob had a daughter. Who knew?