Re: give it a rest moron
[quote=thesightless;371156]and once he pulled out our troops, iranian and saudi sources would be funnelling in cash and weapons to thier favorite group of the day and plunge the entire region into hell. ppl are obviously misguided in the thinking that the whole country is fucked, it isnt, the daily bombings are essentially limited to baghdad central and the sunni triangle. outside of that region, and you should all look this up somewhere, there is great progress. there are already more schools and hospitals operating than any time under saddam, law and order are coming along, and they are re-invigorating the central swamplands as best they can for now in order to re-incorporate agriculture into thier economy.[/quote]
the region is still in hell and whether we're there or not, iranian and saudi sources would still be funneling cash because if they weren't, we wouldn't be having constant day-after-day insurgencies. Outside of Baghdad, only the major strategic strongpoints for the US military are kept 'safe'. The rest of the country is literally fubared and is religiously seperated. Take for example the Kurd forces , who are moving back toward the oil center for Iraq, Kirkuk, the northern part of Iraq. The US backed Kurd forces are threatening to push the Arabs out of the area which is pissing off Turkey who has already stated that if the Kurd forces invade Kirkuk, they will invade and drive them away. Furthermore, the Republican Guard is still arming themselves around Saddam Hussein's birthplace.
You need to give us a starting point to look at. I already gave you a starting point by giving you an audio clip of the Inspector General's investigations into Iraq Reconstruction. You probably refused to listen to it. Since then, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, and other media have published the same thing from two government inspectors. In all of them they say the same thing. Look up Scott Bowen and Ginger Cruz... So no, there is not great progress. In fact, all the facilities were running far better under Saddam.