Friday, October 10, 2003

Taking stock of Iraq summary from Christian Science Monitor Posted here Friday, October 10, 2003 at 12:50:59 PM     This is the beginning of a summary of Iraq conditions. Since most people are looking for an edge, against Bush or for a story of drama, a blalanced view is hard to get at. the balanced view will, in the long run either support or undercut Bush. So far, thegallp Pollseems to say it is not so bad.there is a storm on the surface but the lack of State sanctioned terror in the depths means that dialy ife for most is actualy better. The surface might be a bunch of porly constructed US responses, but the deeper may indicate that Bush can get away with this one.   The larger picture, how Iraq fist with Iran, Afghanistan and pakistan is a harder story. If the US needs a graeful fliht path to a less powerful future, given the rise of the rest of the world, and we wn a world culture of anti-nuclar weapn use and moving towards democratization and economic fairness, we may have stepped off the path into bully stupiity. Six months to the day after the fall of Baghdad fell, conditions are improving, but it is still dangerous in many areas of the city, and country. The Boston Globe reports that Iraq's national electricity network has surpassed the production levels of the prewar period for the first time. The return of electricity is a significant victory, reports the Associated Press, because electrical shortages had created much anti-American resentiment. continue click on title ********

PBS on Iraq Posted here Friday, October 10, 2003 at 10:03:23 AM     Be sure to watch a PBS special on Iraq. For an overview read http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/etc/synopsis.html and for some details http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/truth/interviews/ ********