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Yea them iraqis have it bad their 95% pre-war unemployment is down to 75% . ~8000 people have not been tortured to death by saddam's regime, a net savings of lives of about 1000 so far this year. Un sanctions are being lifted. Hospitals are functioning at higher levels then pre-war. Power grid is functioning at better levels then pre-war. Of course water is flowing in. And in a country with 26,000,000 bodies as potential adversaries, only a few thousand feel compelled to take action.
Same point in france I believe we were experiencing more unrest from nazi simpathizers. Heck Germany only had controll of france for a few years. Would seem to me that saddam had a hell of alot more time to brainwash the faithful.
Again I think things are going way better than I thought they would be at this point.
Of course if you try to compare this with other wars and occupations (the only true measure of a war) the progress is amazing.
Nice gif though.
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