Good news out of Iraq?

[Peace_Maker]

Just got this via e-mail:

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DID YOU KNOW THIS?

*Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?*

  *Did you know that the Iraqi currently government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?*

*Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?*

*Did you know that Iraq's higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers, all currently operating?

*Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2005 for the reestablished Fulbright program?*

*Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational?! They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a naval infantry regiment.*

*Did you know that Iraq's Air Force consists of three operational squadrons, which includes 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft (under Iraqi operational control) which operate day and night, and will soon *

*add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 Bell Jet Rangers?*

* Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?*

*Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?*

*Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?*

*Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.*

*Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio accinations?*

*Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October?*

*Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?*

*Did you know that Iraq has an  independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?*

*Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?*

*Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a televised debate recently?*

*OF COURSE WE DIDN'T KNOW!*

*WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WOULDN'T TELL US!*

*Instead of reflecting our love for our country, we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing  snowballs at presidential motorcades.*

*The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves two purposes. It is intended to undermine the world's perception of the United States thus minimizing consequent support, and it is intended to discourage American citizens.*

* ---- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.*

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No matter how many schools America builds in Iraq it can never atone for the ocean of blood it has spilt there or the blatant misuse of military force to subjugate an entire nation and steal its resources.

America has never been involved in a war more clearly immoral than Iraq. From the phony pretext of weapons of mass destruction to the sadistic treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the conflict has been a sickening chronicle of butchery and deception.

Those who've watched the developments in Iraq know that the situation has steadily deteriorated. The military-juggernaut is lurching from Sunni city to city, destroying everything in its path. Falluja, Sammarra, Ramadi, Karbala, Heet, Qaim; everywhere the story is the same; the cities are pounded mercilessly, beyond the view of America's embedded media, while the people are denied water, food, electricity and vital medical supplies. The crusade to crush the resistance is reducing more and more Sunni cities to rubble and their people to destitution.

Moral pretensions can never cleans America

[ted]

t.

[Constant]

Peace Maker you really are hilarious! You make me laugh. You think about SOME of the troops that were involved with the torture over there in the Brig. Then think about ALL of the executions televised that the terrorist did. Some were Amerians too.

[Liss]

maybe i'm just naive, but wasn't the reason for war to disarm saddam??

and then when they found nothing kept looking and still found nothing!!

and then it changed to just finding saddam and getting him out of govenment, which from what i hear was probably good - but did you need the whole world to do it???

so now there were no weapons found and saddam is captured, and has been for over a year, why do all these different countries still have troops there???!!!

i just don't get it!!

[Constant]

Liss, maybe you should research it more. It is too hard to explain on here. If you have any specific questions, I will be happy to try and help answer them.

[ted]

Plus, there are about 100 threads dealing with the issue.

Read all of them and take care to honestly consider all sides. There are legitimate points from a lot of people, both for and against.

Just remember, of all that is written about it, there's always something missing.

t.

[Constant]

Peace Maker you really are hilarious!

[Constant]

PM was talking about how bad america was for the events that happened at that Brig over there and I was just reminding him/her that they are making horrible tortures. Sorry if you took it like I was saying "well they are doing it..."

[ted]

It doesn't matter what you are trying to say, or what you actually said, Constant.

Most High will come along and set your words up for you, and then argue against what she feels like arguing against anyway.

Simply post a blank response with your name on it so she can put whatever words she wants to add in there. Then she can post a response to it.

t.

[Constant]

It doesn't matter what you are trying to say, or what you actually said, Constant.

Most High will come along and set your words up for you, and then argue against what she feels like arguing against anyway.

Simply post a blank response with your name on it so she can put whatever words she wants to add in there. Then she can post a response to it. 

t.

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LOL ted. Alot, actually too many people are like that on these boards.