Re: If you still think we can win in Iraq..

That's not an accurate portrayal of the city (or the country) as a
whole. Here are links to a couple of stories that seem fairly balanced
in their depiction of conditions there:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/April06/alum.Levy.fac.html

http://www.baghdadbulletin.com/pageArticle.php?article_id=15&cat_id=17

I was particularly struck by the fact that many people in Iraq had
NEVER had anything like a modern infrastructure. We are not to blame
for the poor conditions in Iraq; that country has been in a terrible
shape for decades, and many people in Iraq have it better now than they
have ever had it in their lives. But again, we don't hear that in the
mainstream media. People in Iraq have lived in literal fear of their
lives for decades, but to hear the mainstream press tell it you'd think
we'd invaded a Garden of Eden and turned it into the Dead Sea
wilderness. When it's all said and done the very opposite will be true
as far as infrastructure goes.

Jay



Gisele wrote:
Commerce is flourishing in Iraq, schools are open, people
actually walk the streets.
And yet, they can't keep the water running or the lights on in Baghdad,
I wonder why?

Gisele


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