From: "Geo" 

Even we have power issues (remember my favorite tree in northern ohio) but
that doesn't mean we have them to the same extent we would if we had had 2
wars here in the past 15 years.

Geo.

"Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
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> Really?  Egypt, Syria, and Iran have similar infrastructure issues in
poorer
> neighborhoods and they haven't been in wars as recently as Iraq and other
> than maybe Iran, Iraq had more potential oil income than Egypt or Syria
>
> There's really little motivation for dictators and strong men to improve
the
> lot of their poorer citizens.  Every dollar spent there is a dollar less
to
> be stolen.
>
> "Geo"  wrote in message
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> > Well I sort of think that if we hadn't bombed the crap out of the place
> > twice, things would probably be in much better shape than they currently
> > are.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Tony Ingenoso"  wrote in message
> > news:42e2ba73$2{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Saddam never bothered to fix a lot of things (preferring to implement
an
> > > "oil for palaces" plan instead), but that's not my point.
> > >
> > > My point is about a level of public services that never existed
> > previously.
>

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