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[WYCAT]

So CatGrad, what's your motivation for posting that?

Who cares his motivation. It was a good post.

[Bleedinbluengold]

So CatGrad, what's your motivation for posting that?

You meant, "agenda." Did you not?

Are you telling me is that I should just take everything at face value no matter the source?

[iaafan]

[quote]I see the Admiral's point, but I wonder what his motivation is for penning such an editorial. I'd be just as interested in knowing what his agenda is[/quote].

I was just borrowing from your above statement and trying to be cute with it.

[Bleedinbluengold]

I know - that's why I tried to be even more cute...heh heh.

[iaafan]

It's going to be tough to out-cute me, because I'm a pretty, little girl.

[Hell's Bells]

Well, as I've already posted that I'm a byproduct of MSUs ROTC Detachment, I thought some of you would be interested in some information supposedly only known by our military men and women or contractors willing to go into an area where there's still many insurgents.

>Subject: Of course we don't know---
>Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:38:02 -0800 (PST)
>
>DID YOU KNOW THIS?
>
>Did you know that 47 countries have re-established their embassies in Iraq?
>
>Did you know that the Iraqi government employs 1.2 million Iraqi people?
>
>Did you know that 3100 schools have been renovated, 364 schools are under rehabilitation, 263 schools are now under construction and 38 new schools have been built in Iraq?
>
>Did you know that Iraq¹s higher educational structure consists of 20 Universities, 46 Institutes or colleges and 4 research centers?
>
>Did you know that 25 Iraq students departed for the United States in January 2004 for the re-established Fulbright program?
>
>Did you know that the Iraqi Navy is operational? They have 5- 100-foot patrol craft, 34 smaller vessels and a navel infantry regiment?
>
>Did you know that Iraq¹s Air Force consists of three operation squadrons, 9 reconnaissance and 3 US C-130 transport aircraft which operate day and night, and will soon add 16 UH-1 helicopters and 4 bell jet rangers?
>
>Did you know that Iraq has a counter-terrorist unit and a Commando Battalion?
>
>Did you know that the Iraqi Police Service has over 55,000 fully trained and equipped police officers?
>
>Did you know that there are 5 Police Academies in Iraq that produce over 3500 new officers each 8 weeks?
>
>Did you know there are more than 1100 building projects going on in Iraq? They include 364 schools, 67 public clinics, 15 hospitals, 83 railroad stations, 22 oil facilities, 93 water facilities and 69 electrical facilities.
>
>Did you know that 96% of Iraqi children under the age of 5 have received the first 2 series of polio vaccinations?
>
>Did you know that 4.3 million Iraqi children were enrolled in primary school by mid October, 2004?
>
>Did you know that there are 1,192,000 cell phone subscribers in Iraq and phone use has gone up 158%?
>
>Did you know that Iraq has an independent media that consist of 75 radio stations, 180 newspapers and 10 television stations?
>
>Did you know that the Baghdad Stock Exchange opened in June of 2004?
>
>Did you know that 2 candidates in the Iraqi presidential election had a recent televised debate recently?
>
>OF COURSE WE DIDN¹T KNOW! AND WHY DIDN¹T WE KNOW? OUR MEDIA WOULDN¹T TELL US!
>
>Instead of shouting these accomplishments from every rooftop, they would rather show photo¹s of what a few perverted malcontent soldiers have done in prisons in many cases never disclosing the circumstances surrounding the events. Instead of showing our love for our country, we get photos of flag burning incidents at Abu Ghraib and people throwing snowballs at presidential motorcades. The lack of accentuating the positive in Iraq serves only one purpose. It undermines the world¹s perception of the United States and our soldiers.
>
>Pass it on!

good post!!!