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Jesse Jackson to Provide Spiritual Guidance.Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18212475117431490482020-05-27T15:41:23.478-04:002020-05-27T15:41:23.478-04:002020.05.28酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容受到新冠肺炎疫情衝擊,全國舞廳酒店停業。不過我在酒店...2020.05.28<a href="https://mra555106.pixnet.net/blog/post/229173878-%e3%80%90%e9%85%92%e5%ba%97%e8%97%9d%e5%90%8d%e3%80%91%e3%80%90%e9%85%92%e5%ba%97%e8%8a%b1%e5%90%8d%e3%80%91%e9%99%b8%e5%8a%87-%e9%9f%93%e5%8a%87-%e6%9c%80%e5%a4%af%e7%99%be" title="酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容" rel="nofollow">酒店小姐的基本介紹跟工作內容</a>受到新冠肺炎疫情衝擊,全國舞廳酒店停業。不過<a href="https://www.mashow.org/mashow/" title="我在酒店上班的日子" rel="nofollow">我在酒店上班的日子</a>,台北市商業處今(27)日宣布,截至26日止,共計受理53家業者申請復業,其中46家已核准。台北市商業處傍晚發新聞稿表示<a href="https://www.mashow.org/emilie/" title="不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因" rel="nofollow">不敢來酒店上班-酒店打工的原因</a>,復業之酒店、舞廳需在營業場所設置單一入口,並使用北市府提供的防疫實名制APP,要求入內消費者須提供身分證、居留證正本供掃碼,或以健保卡、駕照拍照後,手動鍵入基本資料,上傳至市府的<a href="https://www.emmaforyou.com.tw/" title="酒店上班-酒店兼職-兼差如何達成人生的第一桶金" rel="nofollow">酒店上班-酒店兼職-兼差如何達成人生的第一桶金</a>雲端硬碟,未攜帶證件者則不得進入。商業處<a href="https://www.mashow.org/momo/" title="酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?" rel="nofollow">酒店兼差不是一個複雜的工作環境?</a>指出,復業後警方會不定時巡邏稽查APP實名制落實<a href="https://www.wonderfulyou.com.tw/" title="酒店小姐酒店上班到底都在做什麼?" rel="nofollow">酒店小姐酒店上班到底都在做什麼?</a>情況,違規業者由衛生局依「傳染病防治法」等條款,處新台幣3,000元以上、1萬5,000元以下罰緩,且可按次處罰,違規超過3次者可命令停業1個月。最後,商業處強調,業者要確實遵守北市府的防疫措施,由工作人員為消費者量額溫、手部噴酒精,同時要求工作人員在公共區域也需要戴口罩、勤洗手及早晚量額溫,特別注意環境清潔,以落實防疫規範並盡到管理責任。便服店: #王牌酒店 #香閣里拉酒店 #麗園酒店 #龍亨酒店 #香水酒店 #金典酒店 #威晶酒店 #威士登酒店。禮服店: #麗緻忠孝酒店 #麗緻敦南酒店 #維多立亞酒店 #百達妃麗酒店 #萬豪酒店 #金荷酒店 #大富豪酒店 #絕色酒店。制服店:#麗都 #淘寶酒店 #金碧輝煌酒店 #金昌酒店 #金聰酒店 #君悅酒店 #盛世酒店 #奧斯卡酒店 #龍昇酒店 #龍昌酒店 #百富酒店 #台北東區酒店兼職。梁爵https://www.blogger.com/profile/15249524553168374109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-17877761751195742142020-04-08T15:14:26.509-04:002020-04-08T15:14:26.509-04:002020.04.09中央流行疫情指揮中心陸續公布武漢肺炎(COVID-19)確診個案,今晚驚傳其中一...2020.04.09中央流行疫情指揮中心陸續公布武漢肺炎(COVID-19)確診個案,今晚驚傳其中一名案例為台北<a href="https://mra555106.pixnet.net/blog" title="酒店工作" rel="nofollow">酒店工作</a>某知名酒店公關,且疑似在出現症狀前後還有去<a href="https://blog.xuite.net/dd09160203/123456789/57443305" title="酒店上班" rel="nofollow">酒店上班</a>,衛生局稍早上前稽查要確認感染源,酒店當時仍有不少客人,聽聞疑似女公關是武漢肺炎病患,嚇得紛紛走避。<br />疑似在出現症狀前後還有<a href="https://blog.xuite.net/c555106/blog/38310229-%E9%85%92%E5%BA%97%E6%89%93%E5%B7%A5%3A%E6%A2%81%E6%9B%89%E5%B0%8A+++~%E7%B6%B2%E8%B7%AF%E6%87%89%E5%BE%B5%E8%A9%90%E9%A8%99%28%E6%B4%97%E8%85%A6%29%E6%89%8B%E6%B3%95%E5%A4%A7%E5%85%AC%E9%96%8B" title="酒店打工" rel="nofollow">酒店打工</a><br />根據疫情指揮中心公佈,該案例出現輕微發燒、流鼻水症狀,由醫院採檢通報後確診,指揮中心已掌握包括個案同住家人及就醫接觸者等。她向指揮中心自述沒有在<a href="https://www.mashow.org/momo/" title="酒店上班" rel="nofollow">酒店上班</a>,都在家,但在酒店出入的相關人士透露,她疑似在出現症狀前後仍有去<a href="https://www.wonderfulyou.com.tw/" title="酒店PT" rel="nofollow">酒店PT</a>上班。<br />店家旗下公關的經紀公司至少跨10家酒店<br />據了解,<a href="https://www.emmaforyou.com.tw/" title="八大行業" rel="nofollow">八大行業</a>店家對於旗下公關為武漢肺炎病例完全不知情,見到衛生局上門一問事由,相當崩潰;該酒店旗下公關背後的經紀公司,至少橫跨北市10家以上酒店,有業者表示,如此消息為真,恐對北市酒店業造成相當大的打擊。<br />梁爵https://www.blogger.com/profile/15249524553168374109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90453939906575348802008-07-23T16:44:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:44:00.000-04:00The Messiah's address was 41 minutes, Whit.7.5 min...The Messiah's address was 41 minutes, Whit.<BR/>7.5 minutes of which dedicated to<BR/>""Uh, uh, are, uh, uh, uh, um. That's -- that's a bunch -- so -- so let me tick these off. Deh... Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, um, uh. So the issue is not a perception that, uh... Weh, weh, let me put it this way. Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, We're -- we're trying to -- you know, we've got a bipartisan group here and -- and -- and, uh, uh, uh, uh, um, uh, uh, uh." <BR/>---<BR/>But the MESSIAH REMAINS the World's Greatest Orator,<BR/>W, the Worst.<BR/>What Bias?Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38518542462007373602008-07-23T16:12:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:12:00.000-04:00I guess Blackwater could handle their own enforcem...I guess Blackwater could handle their own enforcement, come to think about it.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89844127742837085232008-07-23T16:11:00.000-04:002008-07-23T16:11:00.000-04:00"MAYBE we should make them SPEND the money to send..."<I>MAYBE we should make them SPEND the money to send armed escorts for all those tankers?</I>"<BR/>---<BR/>Better yet, install Blackwater Employees, and enforce payment.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18376401987460238842008-07-23T15:50:00.001-04:002008-07-23T15:50:00.001-04:00(Although HE WAS in the headlines THE SAME DAYfor ...(Although HE WAS in the headlines <BR/>THE SAME DAY<BR/>for being considered by the <BR/>MESSIAH)Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72278360661028530402008-07-23T15:50:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:50:00.000-04:00It's settled.There is no bias:'RatAsh,and Terrorit...It's settled.<BR/>There is no bias:<BR/>'Rat<BR/>Ash,<BR/>and <BR/>Terrorita tell me so.<BR/>I won't recount the details.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-69652884778533854392008-07-23T15:48:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:48:00.000-04:00Long term contract, Nation to Nation Treaties, cou...Long term contract, Nation to Nation Treaties, could put any value it wanted to, on that oil.<BR/><BR/>Not "market value" but a strategic value that could be much lower than the open market could deliver.<BR/><BR/>Those fellows are all communists, after all.<BR/><BR/><BR/>sounds like all that oil traveling to and FROM Hugo to China will have to be over the ocean...<BR/><BR/>wonder who will protect those ships?<BR/><BR/>Hopefully America will not ensure the shipping lanes for Hugo's ships..<BR/><BR/>I smell a great opportunity for some piracy on international waters...<BR/><BR/>So what happens if a tankers are HIJACKED?<BR/><BR/>Oil is not traceable....<BR/><BR/>China or Venezuela do not have the ability to protect those shipping lanes...<BR/><BR/>MAYBE we should make them SPEND the money to send armed escorts for all those tankers?What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-72663822036484310302008-07-23T14:27:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:27:00.000-04:00From Mar07Venezuela and China Strengthen Strategic...From Mar07<BR/><A HREF="http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2311" REL="nofollow">Venezuela and China Strengthen Strategic and Economic Alliance</A><BR/><BR/>Facts figures, that kind of stuff, from venezuelanalysis.comdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33446112298125760722008-07-23T14:17:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:17:00.000-04:00Dec. 06, 2007 Gazprom-China Talks Slow over PriceI...<I>Dec. 06, 2007<BR/><B> Gazprom-China Talks Slow over Price</B><BR/>Implementation of the export portion of the Eastern Gas Program may be delayed for an indeterminate period due to China's intractable position in negotiations over the price of Russian gas, the Ministry of Industry and Energy stated yesterday. <B><BR/>“The very large difference in position on the price says that China doesn't need Russian gas before 2010,”</B><BR/>deputy head of the ministry's energy policy department Vladimir Saenko commented yesterday at the fourth Russian-Chinese-Kazakh oil and gas forum in Beijing. <BR/>Under the Eastern Gas Program, approved by the Ministry of Industry and Energy on September 3, China will be unable to receive gas before 2010, no matter how much it might need it. Construction of pipelines will begin after Gazprom and China's CNPC sign an agreement on prices and will take four years to construct. Saenko's comments were meant to indicate that gas deliveries may be postponed.<BR/><BR/><B>Although European consumers are paying an average of $267 per 1000 Cu. m. of gas this year, China is maintaining a principle of equal spending for the use of gas and coal. Furthermore, it already has a contract with Turkmenistan for gas at $90 per 1000 cu. m. </B><BR/><BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64705149758755301522008-07-23T14:11:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:11:00.000-04:00"We are very happy to sign this contract," Zhou Ba...<I>"We are very happy to sign this contract," Zhou Baixiu, head of Sinopec's International Department said, adding that "China is willing to buy LNG from Iran and we hope to talk about the LNG project later." Chinese officials have stressed that no threats of further sanctions by Washington but tough commercial negotiations had delayed the agreement. China has so far opposed the US drive for more sanctions against Iran, which is Beijing's third-largest supplier of crude oil and also a main trade partner ... <BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21922212046207924712008-07-23T14:09:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:09:00.000-04:00Posted by Matt in March 4th, 2008 China's biggest ...<I>Posted by Matt in March 4th, 2008 <BR/>China's biggest refiner, Sinopec, and Iran have signed a $2 billion agreement on developing the Yadavaran oil field, on Tuesday, firming Beijing's business links with Tehran despite global sanctions over Iran's peaceful nuclear program. <BR/><BR/>The long-awaited agreement signed in Tehran completes a 2004 memorandum of understanding for state-owned Sinopec Group to help develop the huge oilfield. Iran's oil minister, Gholam Hossein Nozari, praised the deal as a vindication of his country's efforts to counter pressures to isolate the country over its nuclear program. <BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-59884505360234290532008-07-23T14:08:00.000-04:002008-07-23T14:08:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33254988027082527472008-07-23T13:25:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:25:00.000-04:00The Chinese quickly rejecting the English Free Tra...The Chinese quickly rejecting the English Free Trade system and embarking on an internal development program, following the post Civil War American model of economic development.<BR/><BR/>ht: mat<BR/><BR/>Developing their internal market could solve a lot of their challenges. They just have to jettison the Russell Company style of operations and thinking of their business community.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89552058369460749402008-07-23T13:05:00.000-04:002008-07-23T13:05:00.000-04:00They may not have to pay that, wi"o".Hugo mad this...They may not have to pay that, wi"o".<BR/>Hugo mad this offer, when oil was at $67 per barrel.<BR/><BR/><I><B>Venezuela’s oil plan stunner </B><BR/>"Fairplay Daily News", 03th April 2006<BR/> <BR/>VENEZUELA President Hugo Chavez will reportedly offer consuming countries long-term contracts for oil at $50/barrel – a move that could profoundly alter global oil politics. Chavez announced the audacious plan during a BBC interview to be aired this evening. According to the Guardian, which cites US Energy Information Administration sources, Venezuela holds 90% of the world’s extra heavy crude oil. Because such deposits must be transformed into synthetic light crude before refining, such supplies are only economical when world prices top $40/barrel. If Venezuela can lock in long-term buyers at $50/barrel, it can make a credible demand to OPEC that its official oil reserve calculation should skyrocket, through inclusion of the extra heavy crude deposits – which would consequently allow Venezuela to seek greater production allowances. According to the Guardian, Venezuela oil minister Raphael Ramirez will ask OPEC during its upcoming meeting in Caracas to officially recognise Venezuelan reserves of 312Bn barrels. This would make Venezuela the world’s leading supplier, far surpassing Saudi Arabia (264Bn barrels) and 290% over Venezuela’s currently recognised reserves (80Bn barrels). With light crude futures now nearing an all-time high at $67/barrel, Chavez’s plan would allow consuming countries to heavily hedge long-term purchases. </I><BR/><BR/>Long term contract, Nation to Nation Treaties, could put any value it wanted to, on that oil.<BR/><BR/>Not "market value" but a strategic value that could be much lower than the open market could deliver.<BR/><BR/>Those fellows are all communists, after all.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83495156662946528622008-07-23T12:54:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:54:00.000-04:00no one talks about whether CHINA can AFFORD to buy...no one talks about whether CHINA can AFFORD to buy oil at 120-146 a barrel.<BR/><BR/>face the facts...<BR/><BR/>america has reduced oil consumption by 5% in the last 120 days, more than 3 times the expected amount...<BR/><BR/>combined with the housing crisis & the devalued dollar china's exporting must be taking it in the neck...<BR/><BR/>combine that with the earthquake that rocked china that exposed that a hugh % of all building built in the 1980-2000 were built like shit....<BR/><BR/>combine that will a slowing world economy with pricey oil that no one BUT americans can afford...<BR/><BR/>combine that with EVERY well pumping that has been capped in the last 40 years since the break even cost was $30a barrel, now at 126-146 a barrel they can lower illegals with teaspoons to scoop the shit out of the ground and still make a profit...<BR/><BR/>china's thirst for OIL is fueled by it's ability to sell us cheap shit and use that money for it's growing needs...<BR/><BR/>stomp on the USA economy with high oil prices, coupled with 40% devalued dollars coupled with the housing crisis/ban crisis couple with the chinese screwing up with the yuan, it seems that chinese screwed themselves real good...<BR/><BR/>Now if the dollar fell 40% in real value, doesnt that mean that their USA bonds and Treasury Notes FELL in value too?<BR/><BR/>I seem to remember reagan doing this to the Japanese and the yen back in 1984....What is "Occupation"https://www.blogger.com/profile/08237879055691019968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-33341934493639945822008-07-23T12:42:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:42:00.000-04:00The cause of duece's concern and desire to reimple...The cause of duece's concern and desire to reimplement the Monroe Doctrin of 1823, over Americas oil. From Aug06 when these agreements were signed, the tanker fleet and Chinese refineries must almost be ready, It has been over 23 months since the ink dried.<BR/><BR/><I>several key energy contracts that mainly concern an increase in the delivery of Venezuelan oil to China from 150,000 to 200,000 barrels a day, with plans to supply the People's Republic with up to one million barrels of oil a day by 2012. By that time, the Venezuelan government plans to double its extraction of oil to 5.8 million barrels a day. According to Chavez, China's large share of Venezuelan oil exports will be achieved not only by increasing oil output but also by decreasing deliveries of Venezuelan oil to the United States. The amount of oil supplied to China by Venezuela will thus increase almost sevenfold, meaning that Venezuela will supply around 20% of China's oil needs and will become a key exporter to China, overtaking Angola, which currently supplies 18% of China's oil imports. <BR/><BR/>What is more, the president's cousin Asdrubal Chavez, who has become part of the management of state gas monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela SA, has made the leadership of China's CNPC additional profitable offers concerning the cooperative extraction of oil from fields in the Orinoco river basin and a new offer of joint development of a shelf in the Gulf of Venezuela. Both of these sites are already being worked by Gazprom and Lukoil. <BR/><BR/>Hugo Chavez and Hu Jintao also ratified a deal concluded in May in which Venezuela agreed to purchase 18 Chinese oil tankers for $1.3 billion. In the next year Venezuela plans to buy 42 tankers, thus tripling the size of its oil fleet and ending its dependence on ships rented from the United States. It is possible that the majority of these tankers will be built in Chinese shipyards. Venezuela will then own one of the largest tanker fleets in the world. The leaders are also due to sign a deal today for Venezuela's purchase from China of 12 rigs for drilling oil wells. The same number of rigs will be built in the near future in a joint venture between China and Venezuela. </I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Factor in the production from those Cuban/Chinese wells being drilled off the Florida coast ...<BR/><BR/>Lot of American oil, flowing to China, sooner rather than later.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73258768433605739912008-07-23T12:17:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:17:00.000-04:00The link to that report, by General McCaffrey.In M...<A HREF="http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/documents/McCaffrey_Report_032707.pdf" REL="nofollow">The link to that report</A>, by General McCaffrey.<BR/><BR/>In March of 07, just one month after General P took command, the reports says this of Anbar:<BR/><BR/><I>Since the arrival of General David Petraeus in command of Multi-National Force Iraq--- the situation on the ground has clearly and measurably improved.<BR/>1st: The Maliki government has given the green light to prune out elements of the renegade Sadr organization in Baghdad. More than 600+ rogue leaders have been harvested by US and Iraqi special operations forces with the explicit or tacit consent of the government. Sadr himself has fled to Iran and many of his key leaders have escaped to the safety of the Shia south. His fighting cadres were ordered to go to ground, hide their weapons, take down their check points, stop the terrible ethnic cleansing and terror tactics against the Sunni population, and ignore (not cooperate) with US and ISF forces.<BR/>2nd: The US and Iraqi Forces have now dramatically changed their operational scheme. More then 50+ Iraqi Police/Army and US Army Joint Security Stations (JSS) are now being emplaced across the city and extended into the suburbs. The pre-operation planning and rehearsals were superb. The presence of these joint military elements is now becoming ubiquitous across the urban areas. Although many of these small outposts have been attacked—none has yet been seriously jeopardized. The Iraqi people are encouraged ---life is almost immediately springing back in many parts of the city. The murder rate has plummeted. IED attacks on US forces during their formerly vulnerable daily transits from huge US bases on the periphery of Baghdad are down--- since these forces are now permanently based in their operational area.<BR/>3rd: The Iraqis have finally committed credible numbers of integrated Police and Army units to the battle of Baghdad. The strength of IA, IP, and NP units has steadily gone up aided by clever monetary and troop leader incentives. The ISF formations are showing increased willingness to aggressively operate against insurgent/militia forces. Although there is continuing political interference by politicians of both the Iraqi Administration and legislators--- this is clearly a serious urban security operation.<BR/>4th: There is a real and growing ground swell of Sunni tribal opposition to the Al Qaeda-in-Iraq terror formations. (90% Iraqi.) This counter-Al Qaeda movement in Anbar Province was fostered by brilliant US Marine leadership. There is now unmistakable evidence that the western Sunni tribes are increasingly convinced that they blundered badly by sitting out the political process. They are also keenly aware of the fragility of the continued US military presence that stands between them and a vengeful and overwhelming Shia-Kurdish majority class--- which was brutally treated by Saddam and his cruel regime. There is now active combat between Sunni tribal leadership and AQI terrorists. Of even greater importance, the Sunni tribes are now supplying their young men as drafts for the Iraqi Police. (IP). AQI is responding with customary and sickening violence. Police are beheaded in groups; families of IP officers are murdered (or in one case a 12 year old boy was run over multiple times by a truck in front of his family)—all designed to intimidate the tribes. It is not working. The Takfiri AQI extremism of: no music, no photos, no videos, no cutting of beards, etc does not sit well with the moderate form of Islam practiced among the western tribes. This is a crucial struggle and it is going our way—for now.</I><BR/><BR/>It has continued going our way, in the 16 months since the report was written. McCaffrey also says that the supply lines need to be reinforced:<BR/><BR/><I>We are overly dependant on Kuwait for logistics. If Iranian military action closed the Persian Gulf—the US combat force in Iraq would immediately begin to suffocate logistically. We cannot depend on a Turkish LOC in the coming five years.<BR/>We need 500 USAF C17’s and the tanker fleet required to support them. The Air Force flew 13,000 truck loads of material into Iraq for pinpoint distribution last year. The two USAF Squadrons of C17’s now in-theater make a gigantic contribution.</I><BR/><BR/>With the land bridge to Afghanistan as fragile as the Straits of Hormuz, the threat to Coalition deployments is clearly seen, but where are the Boeing refueling tankers, but hung out to dry by Maverick.<BR/><BR/>The 500 C-17s, don't have a clue, but doubt they're in a wartime production mode, either.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89009104257153478022008-07-23T12:08:00.000-04:002008-07-23T12:08:00.000-04:00Deuce,speaking of "mellifluous". I do believe that...Deuce,<BR/>speaking of "mellifluous". I do believe that the Guat. Ron Zacapa 15yo is a bit smoother than your beloved Fleur de Cana. My pard brought me a bottle each back from his last southern excursion. Said the guys in the store suggested the RZ.joe buzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670669846341801802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24976392068204364982008-07-23T11:31:00.000-04:002008-07-23T11:31:00.000-04:00We should also recall the report made on 26Mar07 b...We should also recall the report made on 26Mar07 by:<BR/>Barry R. McCaffrey<BR/>General USA (Ret)<BR/>Adjunct Professor of International Affairs<BR/>USMA, West Point, NY<BR/><BR/><I>A sufficient but not necessary condition of success is adequate resources to build an Iraqi Army, National Police, local Police, and Border Patrol. We are still in the wrong ball park. The Iraqis need to capacity to jail 150,000 criminals and terrorists. They must have an air force with 150 US helicopters. (The US Armed Forces have 100+ medevac helicopters and 700 lift or attack aircraft in-country.) They need 5000 light armored vehicles for their ten divisions. They need enough precision, radar-assisted counter-battery artillery to suppress the constant mortar and rocket attacks on civilian and military targets. They should have 24 C130’s---and perhaps three squadrons of light ground attack aircraft. I mention these numbers not to be precise—but to give an order of magnitude estimation that refutes our current anemic effort. The ISF have taken horrendous casualties. We must give them the leverage to replace us as our combat formations withdraw in the coming 36 months</I><BR/><BR/>Have the Iraqi begun to accumulate this much needed equipment? The answer to that question is really what constitutes "events on the ground", in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Without that equipment, the Iraqi will not be as capable as we should be leaving them. <BR/>Instead we'll be setting them up to fail. After 6 years, you'd think we'd have them well trained and equipped, if that was ever the real goal of the excercise.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74296525090672083052008-07-23T10:57:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:57:00.000-04:00B the summer of 2010, after four years of Iraqis s...B the summer of 2010, after four years of Iraqis standing up, you'd think we could take our combat troops home.<BR/><BR/>Leaving behind a residual force, size to be determined by events on the ground, to train and assist the Iraqi Security forces.<BR/><BR/>That two years out, this GOAL is announced, not a sign of defeat, but a indication of success.<BR/><BR/>As <A HREF="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202550.html?hpid=opinionsbox1" REL="nofollow">Max Boot tells US,</A> the Iraqi PM, Mr Maliki, has been calling for a reduction of US combat troops and a hand off of security mission responsibility, on an 18 month timeline, since he took office.<BR/><BR/>We should be listening to the elected leaders of Iraq, more now than ever, as the UN authorization for the US occupation is five months away.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-38081070280926044242008-07-23T10:39:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:39:00.000-04:00... Joe realizes that if he'd done this three year...<B><I> ... Joe realizes that if he'd done this three years ago, maybe his wife would be happier, and he'd been home more ...</I></B><BR/><BR/>On page 17 of Captain Trav's presentation. May he RIP and we all appreciate the sacrifice of his wife and parents.<BR/><BR/>Some of us called for this type of War, from the get go, since total war against the Iraqi people was never an option, despite habu's desire for carpet bombing.<BR/><BR/>We were regaled as know nothings and burqua wearers. <BR/>Seems that if you want to influence Iraq, need to grow a moustache, and drink the local chai, from time to time.<BR/><BR/>Proven by the performance of the US military, since the early summer of 2006, in Anbar, Iraq.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43122780064451641722008-07-23T10:35:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:35:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88654663594377071022008-07-23T10:27:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:27:00.000-04:00Please Ash, calm down. No desperation. Simple mirt...Please Ash, calm down. No desperation. Simple mirth and we have taken this wide stance on a bi-partisan basis.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-23605541988100974642008-07-23T10:20:00.000-04:002008-07-23T10:20:00.000-04:00Blogger bobal said... Ash just can't bring him...Blogger bobal said...<BR/><BR/> Ash just can't bring himself to admit that we won the war<BR/><BR/><BR/>We won the war ages ago dude. It's all the other stuff, you know, like, civil society, that is posing the problems<BR/><BR/>-------<BR/><BR/>Blogger bobal said...<BR/><BR/> As my guy explained it to me one time--"One's own lawyer can't do no wrong."<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Unless he loses.<BR/><BR/>------<BR/><BR/><BR/>Blogger 2164th said...<BR/> Obama will say what people want to hear so that he can implement his agenda.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Gotta luv American presidential politics<BR/><BR/>------<BR/><BR/>Blogger desert rat said...<BR/><BR/> Where's the beef?<BR/><BR/><BR/> That's no story, at all.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Unless your emulating the National Enquirer model of publishing with your blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>The smell of desperation...Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.com