February 17, 2005
BAGHDAD DWELLER: WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE MEDIA?
"Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq?
"Did you know that the Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
"Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction & 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?
"Did you know that Iraq’s higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges & 4 research centers?
"Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the re-established Fulbright program?
"Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained & 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 & phone use has gone up 158%?
"Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers & 10 television stations? Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchanged in June of 2004? Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate recently?"
Posted by Jeff at February 17, 2005 10:42 AM
Comments
They had a recent televised debate *recently*? :p (apparently whoever composed the original e-mail spends too much time at engrish.com.)
I think we should all be very proud of what we and the Iraqis have done despite the efforts of Zarqawi and Kennedy. But since the info above is originally from an e-mail, I'd still want to verify its details before giving it to Brit Hume or anything. Still, the steep rise in cell phone use definately seems to point to an expanding sense of freedom for Iraq's women :p
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at February 17, 2005 12:56 PM
But...But...But...
BUSH LIED!!!!
HALIBURTON!!!! ;-)
Posted by: scottm at February 17, 2005 04:04 PM
But still...no WMD's...so just because there is democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq and peace talks with Israel and Palestine and terrorists running out of bodies to blow up thus meaning less of them to terrorize us doesn't mean it was worth it!!!!....oh wait...yes it does.
Posted by: Rightwingsparkle at February 17, 2005 04:23 PM
RWS,
Nice. But you forgot Libya giving up it's WMD, the isolation of Syria, some advancement of democracy in Saudi etc...
Posted by: scottm at February 17, 2005 04:32 PM
...and scaring cockroaches like Russia and China out from behind the fridge.
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at February 17, 2005 05:11 PM
But what's with Kid Assad? Does he even watch the news?
Posted by: beautifulatrocities ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 17, 2005 05:22 PM
So wait......it wasn't about the oil?
Guess I'll have to return that Hummer. That sucks man. I love this thing.
Posted by: Tman at February 17, 2005 05:27 PM
Do not return me. You will want me outside the garage (I don't fit in too many garages) when the sh*t hits the fan. Also, admit it, you enjoy pulling up behind and terrorizing the electric cars with me. :-)
Posted by: Hummer at February 17, 2005 06:40 PM
I always wondered why Bill Clinton chose whacko-environmentalist Al Gore to be his veep, given WJC's known affinaty to the hummer.
Posted by: Martin at Blogbat at February 17, 2005 08:12 PM
Yes, but what about prostitution? You can not havce a progressive modern state without copius prostitution. Once that industry takes hold, we'll know we have really accomplished our goal.
And casinos, of course. God, I love capitalism. : )
Posted by: Dan at February 18, 2005 08:31 AM
That is all well and good, but...
Do they have an independent media with gay prostituting conservative reporters?
I think not!
Posted by: King of Fools at February 18, 2005 01:43 PM
So what's your point Jeff? That the war was a resounding success because the US is 25% through
rebuilding a country it flattened. Apart from the daily agressions by the occupation forces and by the suicide bombers, all these pseudo-achievements that you're pointing at prevailed during Hussein's dictature. So you're right the media should have paid more attention to the fact that Iraq had a government, schools, universities, an oil industry, but this should have happened BEFORE bombing, not after.
Posted by: Vincent at February 21, 2005 12:17 AM
Don't forget the part Sean Penn said about it being a kite-flying paradise before the war. Can't these idiot neocons learn to wage war without anyone getting hurt??
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at February 21, 2005 07:36 AM
Yeah, it definitely sounds like it was a utopia before the war. You should read this article: http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200503/langewiesche
Posted by: Steve at February 21, 2005 07:53 AM