What IS President Bush doing in Iraq?

Question

Why don't we get this news?

Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished their embassies in Iraq?
Did you know that the Iraqi government currently employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated,
364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 new schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been completed 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 re-established Fulbright program?
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 vaccinations?
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 consists 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 the presidential motorcades.

Tragically, 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.

http://www.defenselink.mil/ < http://www.defenselink.mil/>

RUBBER DUCKY: Was there in 2005, headed back this summer. *sshole

AQUA GRRL: Made up my own mind when I saw thing slike this first hand. My brigade was responsible for building some of these schools and hospitals. I somehow doubt you have had any first hand experience by which to make up YOUR own mind

Answer 1

AMEN Brother.

It is amazing how America contributes the most to developing countries through the World Bank and the IMF. We contribute more to humanitarian aid everywhere in the world more than any other country on this planet. For what ever reason people make their mind up that we are in Iraq for we are ding good. Saddam and his regime was very bad and practicing genocide and needed to be removed.

America leads in attempting to spread freedom around the globe with little aid from other countries. And of course we are made the bad for doing so. We are the only country in history that has come from a conflict and always rebuilt the country to better than it was after we left. No other country had done this. Ever.

Also there are over 150 wars going on around the world and the one the US is involved in is the only one being focused on. Yet we have begun providing those people with the ability to live free lives and not fear death because of their ethnicity or that they disagree with their dictator or religious leaders. I can see how we in the US can be contrued as such horrible people and this is such a bad place to live.

Finally what amazes me is people who have lived in a country where they are free and can say what they think (many of which never have been outside the city they live in), and have not lived in a different country and seen first hand how blessed they are to live free in America. And exactly why there is a need to help others have that same freedoms we enjoy here in the US.

Answer 2

The US Army has compared what we're doing in Iraq to the "Marshall Plan", the rebuilding of Europe.

We're actually giving Iraqi's infrastructure and education that they've never had before, and all modern quality. They could actually be the most advanced nation in the region when we're finished, outside the UAD, Qatar and Bahrain.

But that wouldn't be very hard to do. Literacy rates in Muslim countries, medical care and discrimination are pretty sad.

Answer 3

definite. Bush knew while he became beating the conflict drum that Iraq did not own the weapons that have been being claimed. certainly, because of the fact the available intelligence did not help Bush, the workplace of particular Plans became created to cherry-p.c.. intel, and cobble at the same time a case for conflict based upon the cherry-picked intel. The cherry-picked intel became what became provided to Congress.

Answer 4

Oh, its all available on the department of defense website?? Then it MUST be true. Just like it must be true that World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 were coincidentally the only buildings in history to ever collapse from "fire damage", and not only that, but at freefall speed and with windows being blown out 20 stories below where the collapse was happening.

www.911scholars.org

Don't be ignorant please. Make up your own mind.

Answer 5

If the facts weren't disputed by the BBC, the ONLY news source that I would trust after 9/11 happened and I realized what all was out there that we were NOT being told by our government controlled American media, I won't trust any government run websites, especially not the DOD.

Answer 6

couldnt agree with you more. the problem is the pelosi/reid regieme found a way to insulate themselves from the reality of what tax and spend does by masking it in a placebo solution for iraq. most people as aptly demonstrated here, dont have the faintest understanding of al qaeda or jihad and have been clouded by the liberral extremists to assume that it wont affect them as its...over there. as a survivor of wtc in manhattan it sickens me that the pelosi ites would use this as an excuse to further their agenda and not elimitate the problem of al qaeda as promised.

Answer 7

Very good post. With all this going on, why would people want our soldiers to leave now? I wish we could see this on the front page of the NY Times, or the Washington Post, or LA Times.

Answer 8

Answer you question Yes I do know but you are forgetting something liberals think any good news about Bush are lies any bad news Bush is the truth.

They only concern to bash Bush at all cost even up to including our troops.

Answer 9

Did you know if it bleeds it leads? Tragically, bad news sells. If people quit consuming bad news, then they'll feed us something else to make their sponsors happy.

Answer 10

Wish i could hear the media sound as positive as that!