Gonz said:
Luis G said:
How many Iraqies are in worse life conditions now than before the war?
Children out of jail.
The Baath party no longers murders & tortures.
They are free to voice displeasure.
The entire Shiite population has it's voice back.
I'd say quite a few have better lives & the rebuild has barely started.
the us can't take all the credit for those out of jail, remember hussein released loads of people before the war.
but there are cities still without water, electricity and food, security is still pretty low so personal security is now gone and looting still occurs. they are still under a regime and do not control their lives.
i watched tv footage in a documentary last night that showed secret filming at an anti-us rally - one of the soldiers told the noisier ones that either they left or they would be removed, just after telling the guy that he should be grateful he was there to give them freedom of speech.
same documentary showed accounts of civilian dead during the war and how a good deal of the population are scared that if they do something wrong they'll get shot at - a white flag didn't help those that did.
in a while it will improve but right now i bet most iraqi's wonder if the democracy they've been brought was all that good. i look at afghanistan and hope that the us/uk don't get bored and leave iraq to go sour like it has there.