‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Katie Cada Ft.Laud.FL — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:37:08 GMT

A colleague of mine mailed a postcard from Oman and it took 6months to show up at our office. So , I guess Baghdad is not the only area having issues.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

David Bronx — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:53:43 GMT

I don't think that getting the postal system to work was worth the 4,000 plus of our military that died, or the deaths of all the innocent iraquis and the displacement of many of the citizens of that country. This was a cool experiment nonetheless.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Carol Sowders, Springfield, MO — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:02:20 GMT

I lived in Clinton, IA and my parents lived in DeWitt, Ia (19 miles from Clinton) It took 6 months for a letter to go that 19 miles! In another instance, I mailed a payment from one Dallas, TX zip code to another Dallas,TX zip code. It only took 10 days to get there. And I mailed an SBC payment to Dallas, TX. I got called about 2 weeks later saying they had not received my payment. I sent an overnite letter to Dallas. It took 5 days for the overnite letter to get there and my original payment showed up the day before the overnight letter did! Carol - Missouri

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

dallas — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:54:10 GMT

If my parents send me any mail/parcel from south asia, T get that in 3 weeks!I sleep on it for that long, and after that I worry about loosing it, lol.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Arman Glendale, CA — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:08:56 GMT

Since the Soviet collapse most of the 15 Republics dont have government postal services.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Matt, Waegwan, South Korea — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:54:33 GMT

I live in South Korea and I normally get my mail delivered to my APO address here in about 10 days.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Doug, Baghdad, Iraq — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:17:09 GMT

Easier to send a picture by email. Baghdad is changing for the better so fast that it is hard to keep up. Having been here for 5 years I am just amazed by the changes but very happy to see it happening.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Joe, Honolulu HI — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:39:24 GMT

At least our military mail system in Iraq works. While I was there on my combat tour in 2003 I would order books and other items online through Amazon and it would take anywhere from 7-14 days. Not bad considering that I was in the middle of a war zone. The three most important things to the morale of troops is hot food, pay, and mail. The military does a good job of ensuring that these are fulfilled and goes to great measures to make this happen.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Margie SLC, UT — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:38:21 GMT

The war in Iraq should end now. The enormous amount of money spent on this war could help America's economy.
Our mail service would even improve.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

SPC R, Baghdad, Iraq — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:01:14 GMT

Margie SLC, UT... This isnt a forum for how you feel about the war. You are probably the on relying on the goverment to pay your way through life. David Bronx...You insult me and all those who stand beside me and wear this uniform. This sacrifice we all have chosen to make is so that a country has hope and doesnt live their life everyday in fear. Kiko, I hope for the sake of the system that this works. Baghdad is a beautiful city, rich in History and culture. I hope all our army is doing here is enough to make the difference.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

Reggie Barker — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:19:17 GMT

Isn't it nice how you smug, self important, jerks can turn a pretty neat story into something it isn't? This was about a post card from Irag. Yes 4,000 servicemen have died. Two young men have died that I personally knew. I was scared for them and I didn't like that they were in harms way. That was MY feeling. They had a different idea. They chastised me am asked my why I thought I had the right to determine thier futures. They told me I was belittling thier hard fought achievements. The soldiers were not drafted. They enlisted and fought for what they believed in and for thier country. So many of you can't say the same. You ought to be ashamed of yourselfs.

As for this story. Neat idea. When the post card arrives, be sure to put that on the front page of MSN too.

‘Greetings from Baghdad,’ sort of...

ZFR, Atlanta -Georgia — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:14:00 GMT

Hi:

I thank you Kiko for your effort to test the Iraqis trust and their mails delivery across the world. Well !! I am glad that you have recieved your card. You are right in saying that there is no home mail delivery in Iraq now. But what is delivering your letter means, it means that most of the Iraqis are innocent, peacfull and reliable people. That Iraq is an ancient country, one day have documented to the world the reading and righting. The new Iraq of today needs an attention from every country of the world. There are so many work resources avialble in that country which in my believe is enough to break up the current recession of the world economy. But how to do it ? the Amricans are trying their best to bring up that country on its feet once again, but that is not enough, all other countries in the world need to do the same not just looking at the show waiting for the invitation to the dinner. They have to stop Iran from influencing the internal affairs in Iraq and its religeous leaders decision. The Iraqis are now ready to live in peace in this world after they have devastated in 40 years of wars. One thing I know that the stopping of killing in the street of Baghdad is fragile and will return if the world do not know how to play this ball. I would love you to have delivered your card from a mail box in the street of Baghdad, but that is still a long way to go !!