A Miserable Failure, Period
"Post-war planning non-existent
"By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT
"Knight-Ridder Newspapers
"WASHINGTON - In March 2003, days before the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, American war planners and intelligence officials met at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to review the Bush administration's plans to oust Saddam Hussein and implant democracy in Iraq.
"Near the end of his presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel who was giving a briefing showed a slide describing the Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war, known in the planners' parlance as Phase 4-C. He was uncomfortable with his material - and for good reason.
"The slide said: "To Be Provided."....."
Read it. Read all of it. Put Knight-Ridder in your list of favorites because they are the best print journalism we still have left.
Then go into the voting booth and turn this utterly irresponsible Bush Adminstration out.
"By WARREN P. STROBEL and JOHN WALCOTT
"Knight-Ridder Newspapers
"WASHINGTON - In March 2003, days before the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, American war planners and intelligence officials met at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina to review the Bush administration's plans to oust Saddam Hussein and implant democracy in Iraq.
"Near the end of his presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel who was giving a briefing showed a slide describing the Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war, known in the planners' parlance as Phase 4-C. He was uncomfortable with his material - and for good reason.
"The slide said: "To Be Provided."....."
Read it. Read all of it. Put Knight-Ridder in your list of favorites because they are the best print journalism we still have left.
Then go into the voting booth and turn this utterly irresponsible Bush Adminstration out.
posted by Joseph Marshall | 10:02 AM
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TO: Joseph Marshall
RE: Yeah....
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"Near the end of his presentation, an Army lieutenant colonel who was giving a briefing showed a slide describing the Pentagon's plans for rebuilding Iraq after the war, known in the planners' parlance as Phase 4-C. He was uncomfortable with his material - and for good reason.
"The slide said: "To Be Provided."....."" -- Joseph Marshall, citing Warren P. Strobel and John Walcott
...and then there is report....
This is a letter from Ray Reynolds, a medic in the Iowa Army National Guard, serving in Iraq.
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 400,000 kids have up-to-date immunizations.
* School attendance is up 80% from levels before the war.
* Over 1,500 schools have been renovated and rid of the weapons stored there so education can occur.
* The port of Uhm Qasar was renovated so grain can be off-loaded from ships faster.
* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August.
* Over 4.5 million people have clean drinking water for the first time ever in Iraq.
* 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.
* National Elections are scheduled in January for the first time ever .
* Girls are allowed to attend school.
* Textbooks 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
Obviously, despite the Puzzle Palace's lack of sufficient slides to satisfy a some rabid Bushwackers, American ingenuity seems to be prevailing.
Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together. Or, as some people would put it, "The Lord works in mysterious ways."
Regards,
Chuck(le)
P.S. Letter from Iraq, courtesy of LGF.
So if you happen to run into John Kerry, remember to give my e-mail and send it to Denison, Iowa. The soldier on the right path. If you're like me and very disgusted with how this period of rebuilding has been portrayed, e-mail to a friend and let them know that there are good things.
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