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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] Oh, and to answer the original question: First, one should keep in mind that Fallujah is not a microcosm of Iraq. Moreover, there are several elements missing which we would expect to encounter if things were really as bad as the press makes them out to be: For one, there are no reports of massive waves of Iraqis fleeing from here to there. If people were desperately afraid for their personal security, there would be exactly such movements. For another, if the vast bulk of the reconstruction effort had crawled to a standstill over a lack of security, we would be hearing about that, too, which suggests that a lot of work is proceeding. Perhaps not as fast as wished, but proceeding nonetheless. For a third, for all the bad-news reporting, we haven't been hearing about deterioration in Iraqi quality of life. I don't mean complaints about being occupied, but rather want and deprivation. Also one should take into account that another reason the picture of Iraq's condition may be incomplete is the fact that a large number of people have vested themselves in the failure of reconstruction. This includes, but is not limited to, the bulk of those now covering the war and the editors and media personages who oversee them. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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