In 2004, 2005, and 2006, the far-left press endlessly talked about the airport road in Baghdad – well, the US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates commuted into downtown Baghdad using the airport road this morning after his plane landed, where's the press

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Tons of good news in Iraq and ZERO coverage in the far-left American press - nada, nothing in the far left press

According to Jim Garamone writing for AFP: Gates Takes Airport Road:

Sept. 16, 2008 – When dust storms shut down helicopter traffic in the Iraqi capital yesterday, officials faced a logistical challenge. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, here to meet with U.S. and Iraqi leaders and to participate in today’s Multinational Force Iraq change of command, needed to get from Camp Victory to the International Zone.

But improved security here presented an option that probably wouldn’t even have been considered during the secretary’s seven previous visits to Iraq. Gates rode in a regular armored sedan, and his party traveled in mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles as they made the trip on the airport road.

Earlier in the day, Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of Multinational Corps Iraq commander, told reporters traveling with Gates that the levels of violence in Iraq have dropped 80 percent since this time last year.

http://www.pentagon.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51189

 

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