Question by EZMZ: How Many of You Know THIS about our Iraq involvement?
Did you know?
I didn ‘ t know!
How could we?
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 State s 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 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
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?
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.
—- Above facts are verifiable on the Department of Defense web site.
http://www.defenselink.mil/
…….Pass it on! Give it a Wide Dissemination!
Did you know?
I didn ‘ t know!
How could we?
Folks I do sincerely apologize for the weird format my post came out in—–now have learned how to format better so it does not happen again in the future–and promise to never do anything like this in the future (we all grow and learn)—for those of you who pressed on and endured the scrolling (it “IS” quite annoying!)—-I say Thank You
Best answer:
Answer by stevers1
Did you know we spent 500 billion dollars rebuilding a country that will probably end up our enemy in the long run? And there seems to be no end in sight to the death and expense of this venture?
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