Creating Lakes In Baghdad, Now Thats Real Progress

The city of Baghdad is in the desert. Of course it is in between two rivers that create an incredible fertile plain but still, its a hot place and people need to be able to cool off and relax by large bodies of water. Its a required thing to do if you're from Texas, so why not send some American ideals over to Iraq, eh? So what kind of lake should we help build? For boating, fishing, kayaking, or ........

From National Nine News:

Baghdad is drowning in sewage, thirsty for water and largely powerless, an Iraqi official said in a grim assessment of services in the capital five years after the US-led invasion.

One of three sewage treatment plants is out of commission, one is working at stuttering capacity while a pipe blockage in the third means sewage is forming a foul lake so large it can be seen "as a big black spot on Google Earth," said Tahseen Sheikhly, civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security plan.

Sheikhly told a news conference in the capital that water pipes, where they exist, are so old that it is not possible to pump water at a sufficient rate to meet demands -- leaving many neighbourhoods parched.

Now thats progress, or at least to George Bush it is. He loves lakes, being the Texan that he is. Maybe he should go over and take a nice long swim.