Bruce I hope you are right.
Dana On 2/28/08, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Especially considering the fact that for over three decades they were > ruled by a ruthless dictator who controlled every aspect of the > government, including the media. All of this is very new to them. > Yes there are problems over there. Electricity and water is not as > plentiful as it was before we got there, but fault really lies with > Saddam. Their infrastructure was very fragile and required constant > maintenance and vigilance by the workers there. Rather than spend all > their oil money on their infrastructure, Saddam spent most of his > countries money on his many elaborate palace complexes. I lived in one > of them in Tikrit. Millions was spent on marble alone since every palace > was lined with marble from the roof to the floor. Very ornate fixtures > and chandeliers. And almost every palace had a huge swimming pool. So I > think that the Iraqi's are better off now than they were when Saddam was > in charge. At least now they can voice their concerns about the > government in public without fear of being killed by spies that are > planted all over the country, and they are slowly getting their > infrastructure rebuilt. Oh, and the palace complex that I lived in now > belongs to the Tikriti government. We turned it over to them and the > Iraqi Army is now responsible for keeping it safe. > > Robert Munn wrote: > > but they just passed significant legislation. i'm not saying they are > > a mature democracy, but damn, let's give these people a chance to do > > what's best for themselves > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255156 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
