Thread: Iraq/Dinar News. 09/05 to 01/14/07

Originally Posted by jessemac

WHO CARES ! oR GO TO CRAZY THREAD ! THANKS

Not Nice. Wasn't offending anyone.

Originally Posted by coolhand009

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I care, there is someone else that might become very rich like me from my home state, I heard there was a member here from maybe the same small little town we live in.

That was ok.

Originally Posted by jessemac

NEWS ONLY !!!! THREAD ...
OR IF IT DONT HAPPEN YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER ......

What????

Originally Posted by coolhand009

Sorry didn't know you were the Queen in charged. I was only praying for a dinar rv and rain at the same time.

GO DINAR GO

He/She isn't. Should of reported the problem to one of the Mods to have a look.

Originally Posted by Cyberkhan

Please do all of us a favor and knock off the BS posts. I am more than happy to exchange ideas and news with you (and others) but please realize that alot of the people here have EARNED the right to banter back and foth. Please establish yourself first as an asset before wasting space with posts like this.

Thank you.

Earned the right. Everyone is equall. Please reframe your opinion. Thanks

Originally Posted by coolhand009

Sorry I agree 100%, I am new to all of this, but I am a member just like everone else. So lets all treat eachother the way that we would want to be treated. C U IN THE CAYMANS WOOOOOOOOOT

Agreed and Done.

The rules have been relaxed abit. My Opinion coolhand009 has done nothing wrong. I am one of the Mods that you need to report post too. Do not elaborate on them. That is wht keeps it going. Ok lets move forward.

Originally Posted by coolhand009

Sorry I agree 100%, I am new to all of this, but I am a member just like everone else. So lets all treat eachother the way that we would want to be treated. C U IN THE CAYMANS WOOOOOOOOOT

Posting in this thread about anything. Read the first post of the thread. That is post 1. This should help you navigate thru the Dinar Forum.

Originally Posted by coolhand009

Can you please say a prayer for my daughter, she is in ICU going to have a surgery, her name is Sierra. GOD BLESS ALL AND ALOHA

Goodnight ALL

Coolhand,

Please understand that I am only stating a comment as the rest of us here.
Noone wastes space as long as they have the positive vibes going. My wife is expecting anyday now and I just got done getting reamed out by her when I posted my last.

Your daughter is in my thoughts and prayers. I only hope all of the best for her.

Please know that I am one of the most laid back people (typically) but I am on edge. I want to thank all of you for helping me through this very interesting time. I do wish all the best and god willing we will all be spending tommorrow setting up our vacation plans in the Caymans!!!!!

Cheers to all!!!!!!!!!!

I have too say:

You are the man, to take care of this. THANKS

So, Lets all say Come on DINAR

FARM JIGGGGGGG

And now for something we know you'll really like


Rumsfeld urged changes before resigning - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday he wants to hear all advice before making decisions about changes in Iraq strategy, even as it was disclosed that Donald H. Rumsfeld called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defense secretary.

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"In my view it is time for a major adjustment," Rumsfeld wrote in a Nov. 6 memo to the White House. "Clearly, what U.S. forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough."

Existence of the classified memo was first reported by The New York Times on its Internet site Saturday evening in a story for the paper's Sunday editions.

Pentagon press secretary Eric Ruff said he was not the source of the leak to the Times, but confirmed the memo's authenticity to The Associated Press late Saturday.

"The formulation of these ideas evolved over a period of several weeks," Ruff said in a telephone interview.

He said the options presented in the paper were Rumsfeld's personal ideas developed in conversations with a variety of people, not part of a formal Pentagon review that also is under way. Rumsfeld had previously said publicly that he believed U.S. efforts in Iraq were not working well enough or fast enough, but he has not called for a "major adjustment" in the U.S. approach to stabilizing Iraq.

Ruff also emphasized that Rumsfeld does not endorse any one particular recommendation, and that he notes in the memo that "many of these options could and, in a number of cases, should be done in combination with others."

Lawrence Di Rita, who was Rumsfeld's chief spokesman before he left the Pentagon last spring, said in a telephone interview Saturday evening that the broad range of options presented by Rumsfeld belies the notion, often cited by his critics, that he is inflexible and reluctant to consider alternative approaches.

"I see this thing as classic Rumsfeld," Di Rita said. "This is the way he operates."

The president acknowledged the difficulties in Iraq in his Saturday radio address and said: "I recognize that the recent violence in Iraq has been unsettling. Many people in our country are wondering about the way forward. The work ahead will not be easy, yet by helping Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki strengthen Iraq's democratic institutions and promote national reconciliation, our military leaders and diplomats can help put Iraq on a solid path to liberty and democracy."

Bush added: "The decisions we make in Iraq will be felt across the broader Middle East."

The president is under pressure to decide a new blueprint for U.S. involvement in Iraq. A bipartisan commission headed by James A. Baker III, a former Republican secretary of state and Bush family friend from Texas, and former Democratic Rep. Lee Hamilton of Indiana is to present its recommendations to Bush in the coming week.

There is no hint in the memo Rumsfeld sent to the White House a day before the Nov. 7 elections that he intended to resign. However, a person familiar with the sequence of those events told the AP that Rumsfeld did know when he wrote it that he would be leaving. The person discussed the matter on condition of anonymity.

Bush announced Rumsfeld's impending departure the day after Democrats won control of the House and Senate. The president has designated Robert Gates to replace Rumsfeld.

Before listing options for change — many of which are similar to various proposals by people in and out of government, including Democratic critics in Congress — Rumsfeld noted that the situation in Iraq "has been evolving" and said U.S. forces have adjusted from "major combat operations, to counterterrorism, to counterinsurgency, to dealing with death squads and sectarian violence."

Rumsfeld said the administration should "announce that whatever new approach the U.S. decides on, the U.S. is doing so on a trial basis. This will give us the ability to readjust and move to another course, if necessary, and therefore not `lose.'"

At the end of his list of "above the line" preferred options, he recommended: "Recast the U.S. military mission and the U.S. goals (how we talk about them) — go minimalist."

Specifics on his options checklist:

_"Publicly announce a set of benchmarks agreed to by the Iraqi government and the U.S. ... to chart a path ahead for the Iraqi government and Iraqi people (to get them moving) and for the U.S. public (to reassure them that progress can and is being made)."

_"Significantly increase U.S. trainers and embeds, and transfer more U.S. equipment to Iraqi security forces."

_"Initiate a reverse embeds program ... by putting one or more Iraqi soldiers with every U.S. and possibly coalition squad."

_Aggressively beef up Iraqi ministries by reaching out to U.S. military retirees and Reserve and National Guard volunteers.

_Conduct an accelerated drawdown of U.S. bases, noting they have already been reduced from 110 to 55. "Plan to get down to 10 to 15 bases by April 2007, and to 5 bases by July 2007."

_"Retain high-end ... capability ... to target al-Qaida, death squads, and Iranians in Iraq, while drawing down all other coalition forces, except those necessary to provide certain key enablers" for Iraqi forces.

_Provide U.S. security forces "only for those provinces or cities that openly request U.S. help and that actively cooperate."

_Stop rewarding "bad behavior" with reconstruction funds and start rewarding "good behavior."

_"Position substantial U.S. forces near the Iranian and Syrian borders to reduce infiltration and, importantly, reduce Iranian influence on the Iraqi government."

_Withdraw U.S. forces from vulnerable positions and move to a quick reaction force status, operating from within Iraq and Kuwait, to be available when Iraqi security forces need assistance.

_"Begin modest withdrawals of U.S. and coalition forces (start `taking our hand off the cycle seat') so Iraqis know they have to pull up their socks, step up and take responsibility for their country."

Rumsfeld also listed a handful of "below the line" (less attractive) options that included continuing on the current path, moving a large fraction of all U.S. forces in Iraq into Baghdad, increasing U.S. forces substantially, setting a firm withdrawal date and pushing "an aggressive federalism plan" that would lead to three separate states — Sunni, Shia and Kurd.

Of course he did...

Originally Posted by bubbajr

I have too say:

You are the man, to take care of this. THANKS

So, Lets all say Come on DINAR

FARM JIGGGGGGG

$ Come On Dinar!!!!$

Gee, I kind of feel left out. Don't you need Bib Overalls and Suspenders to do the farm Jig ??? Doe's it count if I have seen a farm animal once? Well mind you it was only on Green Acres, the T.V. show. Wait a minute, don't horses live on farms? Seen them!!! Police ride em' all the time!!!! In that case, yes, lets do the.............

FARM JIGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone. Well, its been an exciting weekend with new rumors and a lot of very good discussion. Our new rumor is .14 cents from the green zone. Anyone heard anything else about this? Well, the auction in the am will be another good piece of information. I forgot to say earlier, that if we thought November was exciting, I think Dec. may even be more so. So hang on. Have a good evening. Thank You for all of your comments and discussion.

Now let's not forget about the BANANA DANCE guys!!!! Looks like it may be time to pull the little dudes out!! The way things are coming out one after another it's time towooooooooot

Originally Posted by Gloribee

Gee, I kind of feel left out. Don't you need Bib Overalls and Suspenders to do the farm Jig ??? Doe's it count if I have seen a farm animal once? Well mind you it was only on Green Acres, the T.V. show. Wait a minute, don't horses live on farms? Seen them!!! Police ride em' all the time!!!! In that case, yes, lets do the.............

FARM JIGG !!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOO

At this point it don't matter what we have on let jig until you see a cow at your front door!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

GOD LIFE IS GOOD RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!