On Tuesday 22 Jul 2003 9:34 pm, you wrote:
> the infrastucture has been detieriating for 30 years
> while saddam put the money into the military. not all
> was destroyed by our bombing, but, yess, we do need to
> concentrate on that. we have engineers there to do
> that, however it is hard to run pipe when being fired
> upon, so some military action has to continue. i agree
> with deri, we should not flunt the stuff. i too do not
> mind the gis getting it, but hell yes the
> infrastucture needs to be rebuilt and brought up to
> date if necessary. once that is done, i think the
> iraqi populus will be less hostile and even
> cooperative.
>   i do not wish to be critical since i am not totally
> aware of what is involved in rebuilding that
> intrastructure.
>

I have no knowledge as to the state of the infrastructure before the war, but
it is generally accepted that the majority of the city populations had
running water and consistent power, such is not the case now.

Cheers

Deri