Nation-Building Is Hard Work.

Rebuilding Iraq after the U.S. war on Iraq in the year 2003, is proving to be no easy task. As civilian and military forces race to rekindle emergency services, engineers are performing the daunting task of assessing damage and destruction while it is still going on from widespread looting. At the same time, the military is fine-tuning its management of the overall project. Adding to the workload is the outdated infrastructure, according to Robert B. Flowers, chief of engineers who just returned from a week-long visit to Iraq.