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Maybe they should stay at Holiday Inn Express

The issue with this thinking is that most will expect it (whatever “it” maybe) to happen within nanoseconds of Iraq being released from sanctions. So in all the time of sitting on the outside of Iraq looking in have they ever moved at a pace faster than a snail on salt? It took Japan 30 years to recover, if they have ever recovered, from war. The point isn’t the length of recovery but having the virtue of patience in a buy and hold investment. As well as not to get emotionally invested in the investment. It will happen and just like the carnival barker cries out “Round and round it goes . Where it stops nobody knows!”

Can they define “early”? Inquiring minds would like to know Since we are in the second month of 2022. Or is that word interchangeable with the word “soon”?

Like molasses running downhill in a cold winter’s blizzard.

Studying the rate is just a stall tactic. They are waiting for the green light by the IMF. The IMF does not want Iraq to have a MCP and that is the current hold up besides accurate reporting to the IMF. They can have auctions all day long but as long as they are using both dollar and dinar, the IMF will never allow them to move forward. When they dedollarize the RV is very near. So near you would be confused the tip of your nose with the RV.

June. Ramadan this year is from April 2 to May 2. Nothing will get done in April or May which gives rise to the initial report about budget getting passed in June.

Nahh... and so it continues...

This article has no clue and wants everyone to think vehicle combustion is the number one polluter of CO2 emissions. The article does not take into account volcanic eruptions which far exceeds the CO2 output of vehicle emissions in only one volcanic eruption. This is simply pure propaganda and most demoncraps will eat it up. Num! Num!

Well a very merry unbirthday to you today!

But it is your unbirthday! A very merry unbirthday to you!

Today is my unbirthday! A very unbirthday to me! To who? To me!

No WTO is not required for rv. The rv is required for the WTO. See below for more. The WTO states The major issue is that 1) Iraq does NOT have "full autonomy in the conduct of its trade policies" at this time as they are still under sanctions (i.e. program rate). Trade would include the method of payment for the goods bought. Since Iraq does not have full autonomy over the rate of its currency, per Article XII, Iraq does not have full autonomy in the conduct of its trade policies. On the other hand, Iraq and its government are the ones who are making, legislating, its own trade policies, one could possibly argue that constitutes conduct and Iraq has full autonomy over that and should be accepted into the WTO. However, trade between countries includes currencies and since Iraq does not have full autonomy over its currency, whether international or not, it does not meet the requirements of Article XII of the WTO Agreement.

This form of thinking of which you mentioned has been aptly named Demonwoke-itis after the demoncrats woke-itis syndrome. Or as Mel Brooks said "It's good to be the king" as so many demoncrats think they are kingmakers but in reality more like poverty makers.

If you want to know the TRUE reason Iraq is not yet in Article 8, its because Iraq lied to the IMF and misrepresented its reporting (aka lied) from the 2016 SBA. This then caused Iraq and the IMF to start remedial correction negotiations. Iraq can't have a history of breaching Article 8. The IMF won't give the green light until Iraq can show accurate reporting (yes, I know I said the IMF gives the green light for the RV as I am a firm believer in the camp that the IMF will give Iraq the green light. Once they have the green light, Iraq will RV when they want.) Until Iraq gets its act together, there will be no RV. They can still be corrupt and have their act together. They just can't get caught, like they did for the 2016 SBA reporting. It is also worth noting that the IMF Executive Board was questioning the 2% rule back in 2019 before the pandemic. They were going to review it but at this time I think (meaning I haven't found otherwise) the 2% rule is not in effect.

And yet the corruption remains. Malarki ain't gone or why the heck do we still read about him in these god forsaken articles. He may not be PM but he still holds some semblance of sway in Iraq or do you think unicorns still fart rainbows?

It got down to 1166 then went up to 1180 before the current rate. However, that same year Shabibi did try to revalue at a much greater value but Malarki squased that like a bug and Shabibi ran to avoid being arrested.So for those saying the GOI has no say in this RV is a bunch of hogwash. Marlarki installed a new CBI governor who was a patsy for Malarki. And now you know the rest of the story...

The thing about cheats, cheaps, and creeps is that once they learn how to do something, they think they can get away with, they are apt to repeat that same methodology and tactics. Why? Because people are people and succumb to the path of least resistance. This makes catching the cheats, cheaps, and creeps all that much easier the next time. Doesn't mean it won't happen just means it is all that much easier to catch and bring the hammer down. Some of us have been watching this election cheat game go on further back than the 2020 election. Let's just say it ramped up after the repubes won Congress, then let the POS POTUS steal their Contract for America (and you thought Biden was the only plagiarist who became a POS POTUS), in 96 and has been escalating from there in localized elections first. Let me clarify that for some of you, it started to escalate in 1996, the cheating did not start in 1996. How long has the internet (on a mass scale) been around? The internet and intranets actually helped in advancing the rapidity of the escalation. And when you put three and two together, you know the rest of the story....

And the Last Supper is being narrated by a play by play announcer. Oh wait, the ball is is in Kerry's hands:

I guess, per your criteria, Germany and South Korea (or any other nation that holds US troops like Japan and the Philippines or even in the ME like the KSA et cetera) cannot be fully sovereign nations either. Quite honestly, the United States having bases on foreign soil serves in the best interest of the US due to strategic deployments and boots on the ground initiatives. Boot on the ground initiatives would be like gathering needed intelligence which requires in-person relationships and contacts. Thanks to Biden we have an intelligence blackout in Afghanistan and rely only on what is being reported to us. Whether that info is true or false or even credible we cannot ascertain that unless we have boots on the ground. Both World Wars, especially WWII, taught the United States a valuable lesson. That lesson was we cannot be isolationists in an ever contracting world. And yes the world was contracting before WWII with the advent of faster communications and faster transportation, the world was shrinking, albeit not as it is today. Even still the world is a much smaller place than it was before WWII and that means the United States cannot operate in a vacuum of isolationism. The United States does not "occupy" Germany. The United States does not "occupy" the Philippines. Both considered "sovereign nations". The United States does not "occupy" any foreign soil. Occupation means without consent. At this time, the United States has consent for every single base that is in foreign lands. The word "occupy" was derived from the unsuccessful attempt to lay at the the foot of the United States as a colonizing nation. The United States has never colonized any country, nor will it ever. In this context the meaning of the word "occupy" does not mean to reside in a space. It has a negative connotation just like colonization has a negative connotation. The history of the word "occupy" in its modern meaning actually descends from the Israeli conflict when the Arab nations tried to destroy Israel and Israel basically kicked their butts and conquered the land. Since then the PLA and others have maintained it was palestinkian land and Israel was the "occupiers" of their land. That is the modern use of the word. But the Arabs, mostly Bedouins, have claimed Israel as their own as far back as the 7th century because some dude, who was obsessed with a little girl he married at the age of 14, ascended, from a place he had never been to, except he claims he went their in a dream, to the land of milk and honey belonging to his magical sky fairy. The United States does not "occupy" Iraq. However, Iraq is still under sanctions from their occupation of Kuwait. The troops in Iraq serve a purpose, both strategic and humanitarian. Like they served a purpose in Japan and Germany after WWII. It took Germany 50 years for reconstruction. It took the United States many many years after the Civil War to reconstruct the South (some say the South has never fully recovered). The United States cannot live in a bubble of isolationism.

Per minute charges add up fast. Just ask those who were with AOL in the early days. Not uncommon to have a telephone bill between 800 to 1200 dollars a month back in the 90s if you were on AOL. In addition, there is a reason why 900 numbers charged by the minute. They flat out made more money. Let's say, hypothetically speaking, the average Iraqi spends on average 300 minutes (5 hours) over the course of their day on the phone, giving the company 15000 dinars per day. On average there are 30.47 days in a month that comes out to approximately 457,050 dinars per month over a 12 month period. Yeah I wouldn't be too excited about that either unless you had thousands and thousands of customers each spending 460K dinars per month. That would be best case scenario but there are some below and some above those numbers.

You can enter pretty much any country with MORE than $10K USD. You just have to declare it. However, I wouldn't walk around the US with that much cash as the US is as corrupt as Mexico when it comes to cold hard cash. If you don't know what I am talking about, get pulled over with more than 2K in cash. The cop at their sole discretion can confiscate it and you can't do jack about it. Try getting the money back and you will spend in legal fees more than what was confiscated. And that is how they keep your cash. The cop doesn't need explicit proof of what the money is for, just their suspicion of what it will be used for. So the confiscation is subjective and US Citizens can't do a darn thing about it. No reason to walk around anymore with more than 100 cash. Billions in personal assets are confiscated every year because of this law.

Did Biden confuse running again with having a bowel movement again?

Translation: Iran doesn't have the technology to build missiles to reach the American soil, so I will spin this to make Iran look good, knowing by the gawd in hell Iran wants that technology and will steal it so keep typing we will hack... err I mean...crack those dirty American companies (Zionists). Bwahahahaha!