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Post by JT on Jun 14, 2004 10:55:10 GMT -5
the list of things that has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it
with your friends and compare it to the version that your paper is
producing.)
* Over 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations.
* School attendance is up 80% from levels b! efore the war.
* Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored
there so education can occur.
* The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships
faster.
* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever
in Iraq .
* The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before the
war.
* 100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed, compared to 35% before
the war.
* Elections are taking place in every major city, and city councils are in
place.
* Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
* Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
* Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country.
* Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side with
US soldiers.
* Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever.
* Students ! are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to
prevent the spread of germs.
* An interim constitution has been signed.
* Girls are allowed to attend school.
* Textbooks that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time
in 30 years.
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Post by Jorge on Jun 14, 2004 11:27:36 GMT -5
also, a LOT of people have died or got mutilated (is that how its written?) but maybe this whole thing will turn out good for the people in the future. * Textbooks that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the first time in 30 years. hum... does that means that they are like, trying to erase saddam from the iraq history? or just that they are getting rid of his omnipresence? |
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Post by JT on Jun 14, 2004 11:50:42 GMT -5
also, a LOT of people have died or got mutilated (is that how its written?) but maybe this whole thing will turn out good for the people in the future. hum... does that means that they are like, trying to erase saddam from the iraq history? or just that they are getting rid of his omnipresence? probably a little bit of both |
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Post by MetalhammeR on Jun 17, 2004 7:01:58 GMT -5
how is it that you support the iraq war on these humanitarian grounds, which is in essence giving taxpayer money away to help people of another country, when you disagree with any kind of social program for people in america?
i think that ultimately, the iraqi people will be better off as a result of the war. but that doesn't make the war right. and it has still harmed american interests. the entire arab and islamic world is more anti-american than ever before. and the iraq war created a recruiting bonanza for terrorists. america's credibility in the world has also been lost. now the world views america with suspicion and mistrust....and perhaps rightly so.
iraq would not have been in the predicament it was before the war if sanctions were simply lifted. some countries were lobbying for this in the mid to late 90s, but america simply refused to allow any such possibility.
i still find it very hard to believe that the CIA, which is meant to be the world's best intelligence agency, could have made such a huge mistake.
pretty much the only evidence they had of weapons of mass destruction was the word of defectors, who had their own vested interests.
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Post by Linty McGinty on Jun 17, 2004 10:59:26 GMT -5
"* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever
in Iraq ."
heh, i wonder how many teenagers+ that includes.
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Post by Linty McGinty on Jun 17, 2004 10:59:59 GMT -5
sorry if i'm just dragging up the past
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Post by JT on Jun 17, 2004 13:03:35 GMT -5
how is it that you support the iraq war on these humanitarian grounds, which is in essence giving taxpayer money away to help people of another country, when you disagree with any kind of social program for people in america? i think that ultimately, the iraqi people will be better off as a result of the war. but that doesn't make the war right. and it has still harmed american interests. the entire arab and islamic world is more anti-american than ever before. and the iraq war created a recruiting bonanza for terrorists. america's credibility in the world has also been lost. now the world views america with suspicion and mistrust....and perhaps rightly so. iraq would not have been in the predicament it was before the war if sanctions were simply lifted. some countries were lobbying for this in the mid to late 90s, but america simply refused to allow any such possibility. i still find it very hard to believe that the CIA, which is meant to be the world's best intelligence agency, could have made such a huge mistake. pretty much the only evidence they had of weapons of mass destruction was the word of defectors, who had their own vested interests. well.. here's the thing. ultimately..id like to not be involved in anytihng going on out side of our country. BUT...since we are currently doing so...might as well do the right thing if people are going complain to us if we dont. but yah..ultimatly id like us to stay out of every single conflict that doesnt directly involve us. |
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Post by JT on Jun 17, 2004 13:04:51 GMT -5
i think that ultimately, the iraqi people will be better off as a result of the war. but that doesn't make the war right. and it has still harmed american interests. the entire arab and islamic world is more anti-american than ever before. and the iraq war created a recruiting bonanza for terrorists. america's credibility in the world has also been lost. now the world views america with suspicion and mistrust....and perhaps rightly so. thats pretty untrue. we've been hated in that region for a long time...trying differentiate between amounts of hate is pointless. hate is hate...no one (save for isreal) has ever liked us. so who cares...and who cares how we look on the worlds stage anyway? it raelly doesnt matter. |
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Post by R-I-C on Jun 17, 2004 13:06:10 GMT -5
Isreal is evil.
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Post by Mav-O-Matic on Jun 17, 2004 14:11:10 GMT -5
Didn't Israel attack one of our ships back in the 60s or something? What the hell was that for?
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Post by Jorge on Jun 17, 2004 14:39:03 GMT -5
Israel is the God Damn Devil
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Post by R-I-C on Jun 17, 2004 14:59:20 GMT -5
Isreal is the Middle East bully backed up by the world bully.
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Post by JT on Jun 17, 2004 15:23:19 GMT -5
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Post by JT on Jun 17, 2004 15:23:48 GMT -5
Didn't Israel attack one of our ships back in the 60s or something? What the hell was that for? no |
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Post by JT on Jun 17, 2004 15:24:15 GMT -5
Israel is the God Damn Devil wrong |
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