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 States 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 every 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 43 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?





BECAUSE 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. Your Thoughts?

Excellent post....thanks for sharing. It gripes my ass that all we ever see on the news about the war is the bad. Our men and women over there fighting are doing a whole lot of good that the world will never hear about.....unless we spread the word.

I also know that it is being done with billions in American tax dollars. I saw the US tax dollar at work while I was there. We need to improve our schools with our tax dollars not theirs.

Flipper_831 said:

KSP494 said:

I also know that it is being done with billions in American tax dollars. I saw the US tax dollar at work while I was there. We need to improve our schools with our tax dollars not theirs.

This is also true. However, if we can educate THEM, then maybe they won't come back to haunt US anymore... Just my opinion.

I am sick and tired of hearing the Liberals drag out Abu Ghraib and villify the US Military over it. Why don't they make as much fuss over the terrorists who behead captured US Soldiers, or who set off bombs that kill dozens of innocent Iraqi civilians. Our Liberal media is quick to give credence to the BS broadcast on Al Jazeera, but will not broadcast anything that shines a positive light on our military or ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING that give President Bush any positive exposure.

Flipper_831 said:

KSP494 said:

I also know that it is being done with billions in American tax dollars. I saw the US tax dollar at work while I was there. We need to improve our schools with our tax dollars not theirs.

This is also true. However, if we can educate THEM, then maybe they won't come back to haunt US anymore... Just my opinion.

Flipper_831 said:

I couldn't agree more. The "body armor" I recieved before my last deployment was about 15 yrs. old. Half of the equipment we get is completely outdated.

I've been over there as well, that is why most of you will see alot of my posts are me pissed off and the damn communist hippies, they should all be shot and berkley and San Francisco CA should be black spots on the map, and not a part of the US at all!

I agree with Flipper_831, we gotta stay the course and finish what we started. We are the United States Armed Forces, we don't quit, and we never close! We take the fight to the enemy, we don't leave an entire country hanging, whether we like them or not. Personally I don't care who is calling the shot's, or for what reason they are calling them. All I know is that my Command-In-Chief told me to go somewhere, and do something - I am damn well going to keep on doing it until it kills me, or until we get the job done right. By the the way BTDTx2 - Semper Fi!