right you are. the water, and electricity needs to be
not only rebuilt, but after it is restored to pre-war
levels, it needs to be upgraded. i am sure that the
average iraqi would be satified with just bringing it
up to pre-war levels though.
and i am going to try again to drop out on a note that
for at least this time i am agreeing with deri.
someone write this down.  just kidding guys.
--- Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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


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