Very interesting reading.......

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Got this from a family memeber. This is the TRUTH!
Another media spin......

Subject: Thought this was interesting


Hello Folks,
In light of the fact that Greg is on his way to Iraq one more time I thought this email was very interesting and worth passing on about what has gone on over there during the last year that we don't hear about every day. I am very proud of all of our military who have served us well, who don't get the press they deserve.
Love Kathy (Mom, Aunt Kathy)

(This is from a National Guardsman from Denison, Iowa - back on leave)

As I head off to Baghdad for the final weeks of my stay in Iraq, I
wanted to say thanks to all of you who did not believe the media.
They have done a very poor job of covering everything that has
happened. I am sorry that I have not been able to visit all of you
during my two week leave back home. And just so you can rest at
night knowing something is happening in Iraq that is noteworthy, I
thought I would pass this on to you. This is the list of things that
has happened in Iraq recently: (Please share it with your friends and
compare it to the version that your paper is producing)!!

-Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time
ever in Iraq.
-Over 400,000 kids have up to date immunizations.

-Over 1500 schools have been renovated and ridded of the weapons that
were
stored there so education can occur.
-The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off loaded from
ships faster.
-School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
-The country had it's first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
-The country now receives 2 times the electrical power it did before
the war
-100% of the hospitals are open and fully staffed compared to 35%
before the war.
-Elections are taking place in every major city and city councils are
in place.
-Sewer and water lines are installed in every major city.
-Over 60,000 police are patrolling the streets.
-Over 100,000 Iraqi civil defense police are securing the country.
-Over 80,000 Iraqi soldiers are patrolling the streets side by side
with US soldiers.
-Over 400,000 people have telephones for the first time ever.
-Students are taught field sanitation and hand washing techniques to
prevent the spread of germs.
-An interim constitution has been signed.
-Girls are allowed to attend school for the first time ever in Iraq.
-Text books that don't mention Saddam are in the schools for the
first time in 30 years.

Don't believe for one second that these people do not want us there.
I have met many many people from Iraq that want us there and in a bad
way. They say they will never see the freedoms we talk about but
they hope their children will. We are doing a good job in Iraq and I
challenge anyone, anywhere to dispute me on these facts.

So If you happen to run into John Kerry, be sure to give him my email
address and send him to Denison, Iowa. This soldier will set him
straight. If you are like me and very disgusted with how this period
of rebuilding has been portrayed, email this to a friend and let them
know there are good things happening.

Ray Reynolds, SFC
Iowa Army National Guard
234th Signal Battalion


Bruce
WE4

 

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Here in Pensacola, probably like a lot of military towns, we hear a lot of things that aren't cast on the national news networks. For instance, our local talk radio station has a local show that has interviewed a couple of higher ups in charge of the rebuilding of Iraq. One was even the person in charge of reporting to the news media of daily operations. He said he'd give them 10 things about what happened that day. 9 of them were good 1 was bad. You can guess which one they reported on.

Most of the rest he had to say was in the same line of thought that was expressed in that letter. So I believe A LOT of what is said in the letter is probably true, and we are doing a lot of good for most of the people in Iraq. I also have a car club that I helped start. Many of the members are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines that have served or have family members that have served in Iraq. I'll take word of mouth over a CNN news report any day of the week.

 

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I think most of us who've had family or friends over there are not too shocked by this, but it's good to see it getting some circulation. You'd have to be stupid to try and argue with the figures given.

To he!! with liberal media, come on my fellow rich white male pigs, we're being distracted from trying to keep everybody else down!