A letter from a soldier in IRAQ

[HammerTime33]

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.
* 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

[WarChild]

It's a hoax and it's old.

<timeline here>

[skyechase]

* The country had its first 2 billion barrel export of oil in August

That is something Bush wanted. Oil.

[ProjectNaked]

[Joe Citizen]

http://www.orwelliantimes.com/2004/04/26.html

[nmcog]

old propoganda

if anyone kept very up to date with events in Iraq and knew Iraq's history, you'd know it's bullshit.

Educate yourself

[reynold]

Originally posted by HammerTime33
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.
* 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

ray reynolds? he could be my cousin or uncle or...

[Roger]

I actually know real Iraqis and they got the hell out after the Iraqi invasion. Let's just say they didn't appreciate an invasion neither did they appreciate the increasing numbers of muslim fundamentalists.

If you think an invasion is no big deal, perhaps you should try and experience one.

[steffie]

Let's just assume for a minute its true

Than

We are Nation Builders
Healthcare / Immunizations for children is almost better than in the US
It's amazing what 200 Billion Dollar can do in a country (Not that we would know in the US because cough cough, were short on almost everything)

Because the Government needed money to rebuild Iraq we're in our state have seen

2 Fire Houses have closed
After School Program has been closed
We did not hire new police this term (no money)
We didn't build the road we needed to get out of our area (all wooded, one way in, one way out)
We didn't buy any new Snow Removal Equipment
Our School buses didn't get the seatbelts (no money)
Our Music Program was cancelled (but ROTC programs were extendet)
A lot of children have bad teeth (parents have no money for dentists)
The Hooping (sp?) Cough is back on the rise, no immunization

Ah,, I could go on and on, look into your own town and see what has been cancelled or been put on the chopping block and you would be amazed

[ATL_Ryan]

Check snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/reynolds.asp

[xclusive]

I am thinking of moving to Iraq for the next 4 years i'm sure to have better benefits for my family... Bush

[EZRhino]

Originally posted by nmcog
old propoganda

if anyone kept very up to date with events in Iraq and knew Iraq's history, you'd know it's bullshit.

Educate yourself

Very old propoganda

[Basic_man]

Originally posted by WarChild
It's a hoax and it's old.

<timeline here>