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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 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 every 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?
BECAUSE OUR MEDIA WON'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.
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Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site..
http://www.defenselink.mil/
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Like we should trust the Department of Defense?
If you don't trust the American Media, who can you trust? Al Jazeera?
http://english.aljazeera.net/
No doubt the US media gives more coverage to the roadside bombs, and US Military deaths than school openings but the above facts are cherry picking distortions.
Do I have personal knowledge of the facts? Yes with 3 family members currently living in Iraq giving 3 different perspectives (Marine Corps Officer, Ranking State Department Employee and a US Contractor)all report a country in shambles, with little or no infrastructure outside of the green zone in Bagdad and a few select seaports and airports.
One comment about the Iraqi infrastructure . ..
There was none BEFORE we invaded. Saddam had the power on until we bombed everything in 1991. But water, sewer, power etc was NEVER very reliable or widespread in Iraq BEFORE 2003. Motosoco an his heirs are 100% accurate as far as it goes. . . the country was in shambles BEFORE we invaded, and before 1991 as well. Infrastructure was reliable only in central Baghdad and Basra, exactly where it is reliable now.
What I want to know is:
How many of our tax dollars are paying to rebuild foreign schools while our public system is getting worse
I want to know
how many US tax dollars paid for new computers for their children when we could be doing the same for ours
I want to know
how many US tax dollars paid to rebuild and preserve their "important" buildings when so many US citizens don't have a place to call home
I want to know
how many of our dollars pay for a foreign person's education that could be used for a lower middle class teen who has the intelligence, but lacks the revenue to attend
I want to know how much we spent in health care for foreign countries and try to understand why we don't use OUR money to help OUR country
I just want to know at least why and try to understand. We should take care of our own home first...then help our neighbor.
I just want to know why, as a disabled American veteran, I chose to serve MY country only to be forced to help another.
...just not here. We give the poor all over the world everything they need because we operate under the misconception that if we help them, they will like us. What you're asking is why we don't give the poor of our country everything they "need" as well. I say let the poor here and abroad earn their own way if they're not disabled . We are the most charitable nation this world has ever seen, so the true needy won't go without.
Your questions are not valid because the premise of most of your statements assumes that we don't spend enough on education or schools or healthcare. Do your research and you'll see that we spend more than enough.
What I want to know is:
How many of our tax dollars are paying to rebuild foreign schools while our public system is getting worse
I want to know
how many of our dollars pay for a foreign person's education that could be used for a lower middle class teen who has the intelligence, but lacks the revenue to attend
I just want to know why, as a disabled American veteran, I chose to serve MY country only to be forced to help another.
The problem with the local schools ain't money.
Its the students attitudes.
I don't give a hoot about education attitude.
I don't respect the teachers attitude.
Don't care where am in 2 years attitude.
I want it now attitude.
Not money, bad attitude.
The problem with the local schools ain't money.
Its the students attitudes.
I don't give a hoot about education attitude.
I don't respect the teachers attitude.
Don't care where am in 2 years attitude.
I want it now attitude.
Not money, bad attitude.
I'm sorry, but I fail to see how we can only hold the students responsible for this. Of all the responsible parties, the students themselves are probably the LEAST accountable. There is a coalition of parents, teachers, administration, and taxpayers that is responsible and accountable for the quality of education. The students only mimic what they see their elders doing (or not doing). The problem isn't "the young people nowadays", it's how they've been raised by our generation. Reap what you sow, etc.
I have spent the last 5 years between living in Iraq, working in Iraq, Visiting Iraq and Dealing with over a thousand employees who are working in Iraq. I went to Baghdad on the forth of July in 2003, it was a disaster area, Saddams lack of attention to his people for over 25 years had turned the country into a dust pit with open sewers, contaminated water, mo infrastructure, no education system, ranpant abuse of women and religious freedom. Our Gov has worked hard to rebuild and create a modern and productive culture while also trying to protect the citizens and hunt down the criminals who invaded and are trying to win the war they lost ten years ago. Iraq is winning, the poeple are enjoying a freedom they have never known and they are working to take charge of their future. The biggest problem is that they have been brainwashed to be ruled, to ignore their personal responsability to their neighbors and they have been beaten into having an inbred inability to voice their own opinions or to stap up for themselves. It took a very long time for Saddam to dominate the poeple of Iraq and even longer to destroy their sense of self-worth. It will take even longer to get these basic human feeling back into their lives and to convince them that standing up for themselves is not a death sentence. The Iraqi people are just as warm, caring and intelligent as any American you know, they are just afraid to be humans. Iraq cost me more than you will ever understand and more than you would ever be willing to give for a stranger, I have no anger towards the people of Iraq, I hate the opressive, criminal, inhumane regiemes out there that abuse the people they claim to protect and love. Sic semper tyrannis, Death to all Tyrants. Grow Up and educate yourself to what the real world looks like, always seek the truth and make your own decisions.