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Originally posted by E-squirrel@25 January 2004 - 18:24
Here's a paper on the good coming out of Iraq each and every day since it's all that you liberal assholes seem to focus on is the doom and gloom:
From the Commanding Officer at MWSS-171 to his Marines.
>
> As we approach the end of the year I think it is important to share a
few
> thoughts about what you've accomplished directly, in some cases, and
> indirectly in many others. I am speaking about what the Bush
Administration
> and each of you has contributed by wearing the uniform, because the
fact
> that you wear the uniform contributes 100% to the capability of the
nation
> to send a few onto the field to execute national policy. As you read
about
> these achievements you are a part of, I would call your attention to
two
> things:
>
> 1. This is good news that hasn't been fit to print or report on TV.
>
> 2. It is much easier to point out the errors a man makes when he
makes
the
> tough decisions, rarely is the positive as aggressively pursued.
>
> Since President Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1...the
first
> battalion of the new Iraqi Army has graduated and is on active duty.
> ... over 60,000 Iraqis now provide security to their fellow
citizens.
>
> ... nearly all of Iraq's 400 courts are functioning.
>
> ... the Iraqi judiciary is fully independent.
>
> ... on Monday, October 6 power generation hit 4,518
megawatts-exceeding
the
> prewar average.
>
> ... all 22 universities and 43 technical institutes and colleges are
open,
> as are nearly all primary and secondary schools.
>
> ... by October 1, Coalition forces had rehab-ed over 1,500 schools -
500
> more than scheduled.
>
> ... teachers earn from 12 to 25 times their former salaries.
>
> ... all 240 hospitals and more than 1200 clinics are open.
>
> ... doctors salaries are at least eight times what they were under
Saddam.
>
> ... pharmaceutical distribution has gone from essentially nothing to
700
> tons in May to a current total of 12,000 tons.
>
> ... the Coalition has helped administer over 22 million vaccinations
to
> Iraq's children.
>
> ... a Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 kilometers of Iraq's
27,000
> kilometers of weed-choked canals which now irrigate tens of thousands
of
> farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 Iraqi men
and
> women.
>
> ... we have restored over three-quarters of prewar telephone
services and
> over two-thirds of the potable water production.
>
> ... there are 4,900 full-service telephone connections. We expect
50,000
> by year-end.
>
>
> ... the wheels of commerce are turning. From bicycles to satellite
dishes
> to cars and trucks, businesses are coming to life in all major cities
and
> towns.
>
> ... 95 percent of all prewar bank customers have service and
first-time
> customers are opening accounts daily.
>
> ... Iraqi banks are making loans to finance businesses.
>
> ... the central bank is fully independent.
>
> ... Iraq has one of the worlds most growth-oriented investment and
banking
> laws.
>
> ... Iraq has a single, unified currency for the first time in 15
years.
>
> ... satellite TV dishes are legal.
>
> ... foreign journalists aren't on 10-day visas paying mandatory and
> extortionate fees to the Ministry of Information for "minders" and
other
> government spies.
>
> ... there is no Ministry of Information.
>
> ... there are more than 170 newspapers.
>
> ... you can buy satellite dishes on what seems like every street
corner.
>
> ... foreign journalists (and everyone else) are free to come and go.
>
> ... a nation that had not one single element - legislative, judicial
or
> executive - of a representative government, now does.
>
> ... in Baghdad alone residents have selected 88 advisory councils.
> Baghdad's first democratic transfer of power in 35 years happened
when the
> city council elected its new chairman.
>
>
> ... today in Iraq chambers of commerce, business, school and
professional
> organizations are electing their leaders all over the country.
>
> ... 25 ministers, selected by the most representative governing body
in
> Iraq's history, run the day-to-day business of government.
>
> .. the Iraqi government regularly participates in international
events.
>
>
> Since July the Iraqi government has been represented in over two
dozen
> international meetings, including those of the UN General Assembly,
the
Arab
> League, the World Bank and IMF and, today, the Islamic Conference
Summit.
> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced that it is reopening
over
30
> Iraqi embassies around the world.
>
> ... Shia religious festivals that were all but banned, aren't.
>
> ... for the first time in 35 years, in Karbala thousands of Shiites
> celebrate the pilgrimage of the 12th Imam.
>
> ... the Coalition has completed over 13,000 reconstruction projects,
large
> and small, as part of a strategic plan for the reconstruction of
Iraq.
>
> ... Uday and Queasy are dead - and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis
to
the
> zoo lions, raping the young daughters of local leaders to force
cooperation,
> torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games, or murdering
critics.
>
> .. children aren't imprisoned or murdered when their parents
disagree
with
> the government.
>
> ... political opponents aren't imprisoned, tortured, executed,
maimed, or
> are forced to watch their families die for disagreeing with Saddam.
>
> ... millions of longsuffering Iraqis no longer live in perpetual
terror.
>
> ... Saudis will hold municipal elections.
>
> ... Qatar is reforming education to give more choices to parents.
>
> .. Jordan is accelerating market economic reforms.
>
> ... the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the first time to an
Iranian
>
> a Muslim woman who speaks out with courage for human rights, for
democracy
> and for peace.
>
> ... Saddam is gone.
>
> ... Iraq is free.
>
> .. President Bush has not faltered or failed.
>
> ... Yet, little or none of this information has been published by
the
Press
> corps that prides itself on bringing you all the news that's
important.
>
> Iraq under US lead control has come further in six months than
Germany did
> in seven years or Japan did in nine years following WWII. Military
deaths
> from fanatic Nazi's and Japanese numbered in the thousands and
continued
for
> over three years after WWII victory was declared.
>
> It took the US over four months to clear away the twin tower debris,
let
> alone attempt to build something else in its place.
>
> Now, take into account that Congress fought President Bush on every
aspect
> of his handling of this country's war and the post-war
reconstruction; and
> that they continue to claim on a daily basis on national TV that this
> conflict has been a failure.
>
> Taking everything into consideration, even the unfortunate loss of
our
> brothers and sisters in this conflict, do you think anyone else in
the
world
> could have accomplished as much as the United States and the Bush
> administration in so short a period of time?
>
> These are things worth writing about. Get the word out. Write to
someone
> you think may be able to influence our Congress or the press to tell
the
> story.
>
> Above all, be proud that you are a part of this historical precedent.
>
> God Bless you all. Have a great Holiday.
Hey E-squirrel that shit does not directly help 