democratic changes

In the few coming days, we will say good bye to the fifth year since freedom and liberation visited Iraq. For this great anniversary, I want to count some great democratic changes that happened during the five years of freedom and democracy.

The most important change is killing and displacing more than three million Iraqis. I think the record of Saddam had been broken long time ago. Now we have Iraqis all over the world even in some places that I never heard about till this moment.

Another great and important change is painting the pavements, the bridges and the blast walls in Baghdad for many times. I hear a funny comment from a young man about painting on the blast walls. The man said “I’m sure it would be cheaper if the Iraqi government just bought the original works of Salvador Dali or Da Vinci.

Reducing the CO2 and the other gases in Iraq. We have big fuel crisis and people couldn’t uses the kerosene heaters in winter and they cant use the propane gas all the time because of the big shortage and the high prices.

Reducing the casualties of the electrical shocks. The ministry of electricity supply most of the Iraqi governorates for less than three hours a day which forces the families to pay attention to every single ampere and to use it in turning on the washing machine or the water heater and not to allow their kids to waste electricity in playing or watching TV.

Most Iraqis became fit again and they started practicing compulsory the walking sport because either of the curfews or the sudden blocking of the streets. Now we have less angina pectoris or myocardial infarction (although I was in hospital yesterday visiting my 38 years old neighborhood who is suffering from angina pectoris.

Of course, I must not forget that these great changes would not be done without the big support of the US administration to the Iraqi government.

Comments

[billjpa]

three hours a day of electrical use? Wow! That should just increas the support for the invaders. What a bloody tragedy. But, if they,(the invaders) can just force more Iraqi to leave Iraq, then the electrical useage allotment will surely go up!

[Pm]

I live in Canada and feel so sad for the Iraqi people. We watched a documentary about Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeldt two nights ago and so many American State Dept., some CIA and Defense dept. (ex-officials) who were so unhappy because they couldn't convince Rumsfeldt, Cheney and that group that many more troops were needed to protect and then rebuild the Iraqi infrastructure which is so important for the lives of Iraqi citizens.
What a tragic mess it all is.

[Laura]

More kudos for Inside Iraq. In a column today at Middle East Online, Greg Mitchell names Inside Iraq as one of his favorites, noting that these writers have provided "some of the most valuable and brutally honest views of the war to be found anywhere."

I'm so happy to see you all receive a share of the recognition you so deserve.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24907

[Dafydd]

One of the most human blogs that I have read. Keep at it.

[noor]

thanks Mr.Laith that u remember me about this anniversary `cause i forgot it Do u remember the first day after falling bagdad ?.My special feeling in the day of falling our city i thought that every thing was over and tomorrw is anew day in anew country and new people .But unfortunatly i was so wrong `cause no thing changed in one night .and what happen in this 5 years(how it pass so fast)would stay in our memory 4 ever

[littlehorn]

God bless you indeed.

You got me scared for a little while there.

[Laura]

All in all, though, Laith, it's probably good that the Iraq's national art treasures are on concrete blast walls, because it makes it much harder to walk off with them. It sure seems to me that the U.S. corporate vultures over there have a knack for snatching up whatever is not nailed down. (And by the way, you might tell the president he should count the silverware before Cheney leaves the country!)

[Susan]

god bless you for still finding some humor in this bush/cheney made horror