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| 20 Questions the media wonât ask re: Iraq |
| 2003-09-28 |
| 1. Where is all the money from the UNâs Oil for Food Program? 2. How many people have now lived at least six months longer than they would have under Saddam? 3. How many civilians were really killed in the major combat portion of the war? 4. How many civilians have been killed since the end of major combat? 5. How unreliable is the Iraqi electric distribution system in comparison to, say, the Washington, D.C., area system? 6. How many people (estimates allowed) are crossing into Iraq from its neighbors each month? 7. How many people entering Iraq are Iraqis returning after escaping Saddam in the past? 8. How many Iraqis are suffering for lack of health care, lack of food, lack of potable water, etc.? (Not individual hard luck cases - good figures.) 9. How many Iraqis are directly involved in the âguerilla warâ campaign against coalition forces? 10. How many non-Iraqis are directly involved in the âguerilla warâ campaign against coalition forces? 11. What precisely has Bremerâs administration been spending billions of dollars on? (Show us the buildings, bridges, factories, power plants, oil fields, etc., assuming they exist.) 12. What was the average Iraqiâs income prior to the war, and what is it now? 13. What did Saddam do with his weapons of mass destruction and the component programs? (Donât ask what âpeopleâ think; go find out!) 14. How many American and British service men and women in Iraq believe the cause of Iraqi democracy is hopeless? 15. Was the âlootingâ of the National Museum and Library an inside job? 16. How would international troops change the minds of the âguerillaâ fighters? 17. How would additional American troops be useful in the 15 or so attacks and firefights per day now experienced by the 150,000 troops (10,000 per attack) in Iraq? 18. Is Saddam Hussein actually dead, and the tapes and such are all a hoax? 19. What is an average day in Iraq like for an America soldier? (Remember, the ratio of attacks to soldiers is 1:10,000, so a bloody firefight is clearly NOT average.) 20. What would Iraq be like if the coalition pulled out early and left things to the U.N. and Iraqi players? (Explore this with examples and a wide range of experts, please.) NOTE: Some answers might validate my opinions on Iraq; some might blow them to pieces. Either way, I need to know, and so do Americans in general. Why wonât the media ask these questions? Because they fear the answers. |
| Posted by:Katz |