Anthson, you're trying to have it both ways.
Either it's a good thing that 70% of children are no longer going to school, in which case spending millions refurbishing those schools is a waste of money. Or it's a good thing that the schools are being refurbished, in which case it's a shame that 70% of students aren't attending them. It can't be a good thing that millions are being spent on buildings that children wont enter - but that seems to be your position.

Xaxer, Good News also sells.
-We breathed a sigh of relief after Jessica Lynch (who took out 10's of Iraqi's with her weapons before she was finally shot, raped, captured and imprisoned in a POW hospital) was rescued later by US soldiers risking their lives in a daring commando raid.
-We shouted out in jubilation as thousands of Iraqis tore down and slapped their shoes against the iconic statue of Saddam.
-We all shed tears of sorrow and pride as Pat Tillman perished in heroic sacrifice as he held back the Taliban hordes while his unit retreated to safety.
-We lifted our hands in salute as our brave President presented his Iraqi troops with a beautifully glazed turkey on Christmas day.
-We nodded with grim satisfaction as the President told us of the discovery of WMD in the form of mobile biological labs.

The media, especially papers such as the NYT and the Guardian, reported loudly on these stories and the many others which also turned out to be fabrications or misrepresentations. More importantly the media sold the war by believing every sound byte from the Government and other pro war factions. Furthermore, the media gave very little voice to those who opposed the war. NBC even cancelled Phil Donohue's program (which was their best rating show at the time) because of his anti-war stance.

This Glenn Beck fellow is telling us that people have mobile phones and women are in parliament, but that's not the whole story. Iraqis use mobile phones because the land lines are down. Women have replaced their jobs at universities and hospitals and law firms with the cloister of their homes and the solitude of the burqa.

There is a reason that the government, think tanks and study groups spend a lot of time discussing what to do in Iraq, and that's because what's been done in Iraq hasn't worked and that there's no vision about how to either win or get out. A few good stories (and yes I believe there are a few) do not change the situation.