Re: Super Anti War Computers

From: Stan Barr (stanb45@dial.pipex.com)
Date: 03/25/03 

From: stanb45@dial.pipex.com (Stan Barr)
Date: 25 Mar 2003 19:50:28 GMT

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:16:59 -0000, Rupert Pigott
<roo@dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>The Iran-Iraq war certainly didn't help much. When I see
>pictures of Iraq I'm stunned to see how well built up it
>is. The roads look to be in good repair, well sign
>posted (in 3 languages too), and the majority of the
>locals appear to be well-fed and in good health.
>
>People forget that Iraq was, once upon a time, a very
>outward looking cosmopolitan country.

Iraq is really a reasonably prosperous country, average income is (or
was!) about the same as, say, most of Eastern Europe and many ordinary
individuals are fairly well off. My ex-boss was from Baghdad...he
wasn't short of a bob or two. 

-- 
Cheers,
Stan Barr         stanb45@dial.pipex.com
**Remove the digits from email address**
The future was never like this!

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Moonbat nation has some splainin to do
    ... Only because of the cage the US built around him, ... reserves, he continued to play 'hide and seek', ... We leave him and his country alone. ... Since long before Iraq et al. ...
    (rec.motorcycles)
  • Re: OT: Im angry
    ... We have plenty of people trying to get in there, ... >>> but the destroyed infrastructure simply won't accomodate the mass influx ... no roads for them to drive on. ... How long did it take to prepare for Iraq? ...
    (alt.smokers.cigars)
  • Re: Extreme Disc Golf
    ... >interesting as it mentions courses being installed in Iraq. ... >Extreme Disc Golf- A soldier by the name of Brian Anderson from Grand ... Michigan built an 18 hole course at Camp Dogwood in Baghdad. ... >his second tour he was stationed at Camp Freedom in Mosul. ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Bridge disaster - What happened to the truck driver ?
    ... Just imagine how good our roads would be if all that fuel and road tax ... Politicians would rather use that money for social ... Social engineering in Iraq? ... tier citizens that has more to do with the collapse of that bridge ...
    (misc.transport.trucking)
  • Re: "Good War" in Afghanistan: We cant go on forever with it either
    ... Iraq is like a bridge to nowhere. ... should be built or not. ... the best decision about the war in Iraq that they can, ...
    (alt.politics)