When the Media is Silent..

...you know there are good things happening in Iraq.

On the anniversary of the "Surge":

1) The rebuilding of the Shrine in Samara has started.
2) Baghdad newspapers on Thursday focused on the Iraqi parliament's passage of three contentious legislative items on the 2008 budget, general amnesty, and provinces not affiliated with a province.
3) Iraq's parliament passed three crucial laws that set legislations for provincial elections
4) The Iraqi executive branch is in the midst of a major ministerial (cabinet) restructure, with a focus on technocrat ministers rather than sectarian and ethnic favors.
5) Overall violence has been reduced by almost 90 percent. 75 percent of Baghdad is now secure.
6) ...editorials in the Iraqi papers are a modern occurrence unheard of just over four short years ago.

"Iraqis can think, discuss, engage, debate and criticize their government freely now."

And Nazi Pelosi still calls Iraq a failure.

What a blithering idiot this woman is!