Letters
DID YOU KNOW THIS?
Did you know that 47 countries have reestablished 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 and 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 and 4 research
centers?
Did you know that 25 Iraqi students departed for the United
States in January 2004 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 operation
squadrons, 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft
which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-I 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 consist
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 recent televised debate recently?
OF COURSE WE
DIDN'T KNOW!
WHY DIDN'T WE
KNOW?-OUR MEDIA
WOULDN'T TELL US!
Because a Bush- hating media and Democratic Party would
rather see the world blow up than lose their power.
Instead of shouting these accomplishments from every rooftop,
they would rather show photo's of what a few perverted malcontent
soldiers have done in prisons in many cases never disclosing
the circumstances surrounding the events.
Instead of showing our love for our country, we get photos
of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing
snowballs at presidential motorcades.
The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves only
one purpose, it undermines the world's perception of the
United States and our soldiers.
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