Oil refineries aren't infrastructure... they're Halliburton Profit Centers. Where's the relaying of destroyed pipes and cable, where's the rebuilding of the electrical distribution grid?
sas Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 02:35 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Let's just bomb Mecca Importance: Low Ah, here's where the media comes in. We've been rebuilding infrastructure in Iraq since the end of the war. The only time you hear about the rebuilding is when the 'militants' blow them up. There are few, if any positive reports in the media about the rebuilding. >I think one of the major places we've failed in Iraq is showing the average >Abdul on the street in Baghdad that his life could be better after Saddam. >Instead of the big ticket items (electrical plants and oil refineries) we >should be making sure that each and every Iraqi household has basic >services, (water, electricity, phones, etc.) > > If we could connect with the citizens, by proving that life after Saddam > is better, I think they'd abandon the insurgency in droves. > > We rebuilt Japan after WWII why can we do the same in Iraq. > > sas > > Scott A. Stewart, > Web Application Developer > > Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) > 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 > Chantilly, VA 20151 > Phone: (703) 995-1737 > Fax: (703) 834-5527 > > "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep > carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" > > .... the Scottish Rogues > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.0/50 - Release Date: 07/16/2005 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165140 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
