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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (466759)	9/29/2003 5:52:16 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

I heard a non-leftist recent visitor to Baghdad interviewed last week let's have a name, Frenchy.

To: American Spirit who wrote (466759)	9/29/2003 6:06:21 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Actually, it is going extremely well in Iraq. Most places are back to pre- war levels of electricity, and Baghdad is above 50%; 90% percent of hospitals, schools, and colleges are open; there is no humanitarian crisis; in Baghdad, about 80% of businesses have reopened, and it is better in some cities; there is a lot of normal traffic around Baghdad during the day; there are dozens of newspapers; and the only high risk area is the Sunni triangle, although there are occasional incidents elsewhere. Our troops are not dying in great numbers. As I showed a couple of weeks ago, the rate is far less than during the Vietnam War. And we are increasing Iraqi military and police forces. I have no evidence of exceptionally poor planning. Any plans made are subject to revision as events unfold. As the situation stabilizes, Gallup took a poll around Baghdad. About 2/3rds of respondents thought their life was improving due to our overthrow of Saddam Hussein. That, to me, is direct testimony of an rapidly improving situation on the ground.

To: American Spirit who wrote (466759)	9/29/2003 10:54:54 PM
From: Jerrel Peters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Iraq was pumping 2.1 million barrels a day before the war. In July they pumped 300,000 barrels a day and as of about 2 weeks ago they are up to 600,000 barrels a day. Iraq is recovering. Cashflow on 600K barrels of crude is about 6.5 billion a year. And that number is growing and will grow exponentially faster as money comes in to repair and better protect the pipelines. Our military is stretched and needs help but it does not need leftist liberal help. Just like nobody around here needs any leftist liberal loons exposing their brains.