Bob Cox shares with us a story about a Shiite library in Ad Diwaniyah that has been restored by the locals and Oregon-based relief agency Mercy Corps.
“Today, the first anniversary of the invasion, the library is part of the new Iraq, a mix of Arab and Western values. Soon, women will study there for the first time. Patrons now come and go as they please, and before too long they will be Googling across the Internet that Saddam once forbade.”
Re: library restored in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq
Thank you, George W. Bush!
“Not in your name,” you know who you are…!
Re: library restored in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq
Right! After all, it only cost the lives of an estimated 10,000 civilians, 500 plus American servicemen, and some 10 billion dollars.
Re: library restored in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq
Wow! If just restoring the library cost that much, then the whole bigger business of removing Saddam from power must have run to 1,000,000 civilians, 50,000 service personnel, and 1,000,000,000,000 dollars. I’m figuring it was at least 100x costly to invade as to fix up the library.