Oh Mighty and knowing friend from the great northwest: Have you heard nothing of the relief efforts, and the improvements to the infrastructure that our troops have provided in Iraq? Probably not. Ti has only limited reporting. The good news is hard to come by, and, when it is rarely reported, one has to be acceptable to the reportage. IMO, you wouldn't accept anything other than a "discouraging word" about anything your country did if it jumped up and bit you in your ass.

Does that answer your inquiry?

DougR