[lit-ideas] One Plus One Equals Four Times One-Half
- From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:45:09 -0400
For anyone with a contrarian taste, there's a
columnist offering good news about Iraq.
The complete article is here:
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/crawford200603270552.asp
It's very very long, intent as the author is on
filling out every important sign of progress, from
news like this:
Colonel John Tully is the officer in charge of
security for three Iraqi provinces south of
Baghdad. He recently told Voice of America that
Iraqi forces will soon be capable enough that the
U.S. can begin to drawn down the number of troops
in the region:
"I'd say by the time I'm ready to go back to
Texas at the end of the year that the Iraqi Army
is going to have the lead for any kind of
counter-insurgency operations in the three
provinces that I'm in, and I'll be in a support
role for them. Clearly, as the Iraqi Army takes
over the lead for any kind of counter-insurgency
operations I won't need a complete battalion to
work in an area. What I need is just a smaller
team. So without a doubt it translates into less
troops on the ground, less U.S. troops," he said.
to news like this:
There are now more than 241,000 trained and
equipped Iraqi security forces.
Iraqis now control a considerable amount of battle
space in Iraq:
Two divisions, 13 brigades and 49 battalions of
the Iraqi army and two brigades and six battalions
of the national police are responsible for their
own battlespace, Dempsey said. By July, Iraqi
security forces will be responsible for security
along all 3,631 kilometers of Iraq's borders, he
added.
to news like this:
Iraq's economy is improving: Iraq's economy is
showing signs of recovery after 30 years of
dictatorship. In 2005, the Iraqi economy grew an
estimated 2.6 percent in real terms, and the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated it
will grow by more than 10 percent in 2006.
to news like this:
Prior to the invasion, Baghdad had access to 24
hours of electricity; however, it came at the
expense of the rest of the country. Today, Iraqis
all over the country have, on average, 13 hours of
electricity a day, and 1,492 megawatts of capacity
has been added to the country's electrical grid.
Iraq's electrical generation is now higher than
pre-war levels
to news like this:
Ninety-eight percent of Iraqi children under five
have been vaccinated for polio, and Malaria cases
have dropped from 1,043 to 86.
to news like this:
Since March 2003, more than 11,600 construction
projects have been started. More than 9,340
projects, valued at $9.3 billion, have been completed.
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