Anyone tired of hearing that the US going to war in Iraq was futile?? This was posted in my church bulletin and I wanted to share some of them with everyone...
"Accomplishments in Iraq"
Report from the Commanding Officer at MWSS-171, written to his marines (Dec 2003)
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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...
On Mon, Oct 6, power generation hit 4518 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 Oct 1, Coalition forces had rehabilitated over 1500 schools--500 more than scheduled.
Teachers earn from 12-25 times their former salaries.
All 240 hospitals and more that 1200 clinics are open.
Doctors salaries are at least 8 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 vaccines to Iraq's children.
The Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 km of Iraq's 27,000 km of weed-choked canals, which now irrigate tens of thousands of farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 men and women.
We have restored over three-quarters of prewar telephone services and over two-thirds of the potable water production.
There are 4900 full-service telephone connections.. Expect 50,000 by year-end....
Iraq has a single, unified currency for the first time in 15 years...
Satellite TV dishes are legal...
A nation that had not once single, element--legislative, judicial, or executive--of a representive government, now does....
Uday and Queasy are dead-and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis to the zoo lions, raping the yound daughters of local leaders to force cooperation, torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games, or murdering critics...
Saddam is gone.
Iraq if 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...
It took the US over 4 months to clear away the Twin Tower debis, let alone attempt to build something in its place. Now, take into account that Congress fought President Bush on every aspect of his handling of this county'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 the 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.
"Accomplishments in Iraq"
Report from the Commanding Officer at MWSS-171, written to his marines (Dec 2003)
*************************************
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...
On Mon, Oct 6, power generation hit 4518 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 Oct 1, Coalition forces had rehabilitated over 1500 schools--500 more than scheduled.
Teachers earn from 12-25 times their former salaries.
All 240 hospitals and more that 1200 clinics are open.
Doctors salaries are at least 8 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 vaccines to Iraq's children.
The Coalition program has cleared over 14,000 km of Iraq's 27,000 km of weed-choked canals, which now irrigate tens of thousands of farms. This project has created jobs for more than 100,000 men and women.
We have restored over three-quarters of prewar telephone services and over two-thirds of the potable water production.
There are 4900 full-service telephone connections.. Expect 50,000 by year-end....
Iraq has a single, unified currency for the first time in 15 years...
Satellite TV dishes are legal...
A nation that had not once single, element--legislative, judicial, or executive--of a representive government, now does....
Uday and Queasy are dead-and no longer feeding innocent Iraqis to the zoo lions, raping the yound daughters of local leaders to force cooperation, torturing Iraq's soccer players for losing games, or murdering critics...
Saddam is gone.
Iraq if 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...
It took the US over 4 months to clear away the Twin Tower debis, let alone attempt to build something in its place. Now, take into account that Congress fought President Bush on every aspect of his handling of this county'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 the 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.
