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Showing posts with label Barrack Obama. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barrack Obama. Show all posts

Sunday, July 07, 2013

Egyptian's Funny Message to Obama!

I was not a big fan of Obama and his administration. Notice the word “was”. I am slowly warming up to Obama and his foreign policy. I believe he is learning as time goes on and on. He is getting smarter and abandoning his utopian ideas about the Middle East. I still do believe that a lot of his economic ideas are absolutely disastrous. Being a tax attorney, I am on the front line of witnessing what his administration and government are doing to Business, small or big, in the country. However, I must say what surprises me is the Egyptian protests and their reaction to Americans. I must say this picture made me laugh. Let me stress this fact: I do not believe Obama is firm supporter of Morsi. U.S administration did everything in their power to keep a crucial ally in the region. That is why they supporter the Egyptian military and had diplomatic contacts with Morsi. At the same time, to their credit, they did everything in their power ensure Israel’s security under Morsi. Moris truly HATED Israel. Without a doubt, if it was not for Americans’ interference, Morsi would have ruined the Israel-Egypt peace accords. However, this picture made me laugh. I do not agree with the picture or the message, but I thought it was funny. I must say, the look on the holder’s face should explain that he probably doesn’t believe in the message either. Let me finish with this: until the day that Egyptian society abandon their pure Anti-Semitic views, their country will not find civilized society and advance in the region.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Chris Mathew is a Moron

If you had any doubt that, after watching this clip you would quickly realize that Chris Mathews is a moron. I really honestly hope that he is not blaming CIA for bad information. Wait a second!!! He really is blaming CIA. Dear Chris: as much as I am at odds with Republicans, however I do firmly believe that Benghazi was a massive cover-up by the White House and she is one of enablers. They threw Clinton under the bus because they knew she won’t be back for the second term. On top of that, General Petraeus testified in front of the congress that CIA knew what happened and they had informed the White House. On top of that, Obama Administration did not do anything about because of the Oil Deals with BP and he allowed the four people to be murdered and he just sat back and watched when help was an hour away. Rice was part of that campaign. So, Mr. Mathews, please do us all a favor and SHUT THE HELL UP!

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Friday, July 06, 2012

Happy Friday

It is Friday. I wanted to write about something. However, it is end of the week and I want to put up something funny. As always, I decided to find something funny and post it. So here you go:


Saturday, February 04, 2012

Amazing Drawing


Ok, it is election year and we have a lot of crazies running on the Republican Side. Frankly, I am truly concerned about the Right Extremist and they are affecting and literally destroying the future of this country. However, it does not mean I agree with our current President. From day one that I got to know this man, I realized he is nothing but an empty suit. I believe if he gets elected for the second term, we will have to say goodbye to America’s dominance in global aspect because people like him simply do not care for it. We will also have our civil liberties thrown away in a flash of the moment and our taxes could be raised a lot higher than it is now. Anyways, I hate to cover elections or write about it because it is one of the most shameful times of the year. However, I came cross this drawings and it made me smile. I thought that this drawing truly nailed it.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Protest in Egypt for “Islamic” Government

Today, there was a “unity” rally in Egypt. Of course, this rally was more like Islamisation and invitation to convert Egyptian Government into an Islamic government. Seriously: IS ANYBODY SURPRISED? Oh yeah, Obama, good job on forcing Mubarak to leave. Except one issue, you forgot to ask the same thing and apply the same pressure to other Arab countries such as Yemen and Syria. Arab Spring is ready to turn into a hot Islamic Summer. Of course, there is nothing wrong with an Islamic style government except take a good look at Iran, Saudi Arab, or Gaza Strip and the level of democracy that is being implemented by these Islamic Rules. The question is whether the military will turn back the clock into Mubarak times and start clamping down or allow democracy to take roots and allow these groups to come to power. Either way, the story is not going too well. Oh yeah, ElBaradei, enjoy your achievements because it smells like 1979 in Iran where the Mullahs highjacked the Revolution and turned it into an Islamic Revolution and you said it would not happen. Well, the quote "I told you so" comes to mind. Here is an article from NY Times with regards to the “Unity Protest”.

Obama is a Loser


In 2008 when Obama was elected, I was not too thrilled. Obama has alienated a lot of this country’s allies. I saw right through his rhetoric from day one and realized that this guy is all talk. Oh well, two years into his presidency and our country is facing a crisis. This article summons it in the best way possible. Obama is a “loser” and that is why Americans do not like him.

The past few weeks I've asked Democrats who supported him how they feel about him. I got back nothing that showed personal investment. Here are the words of a hard-line progressive and wise veteran of the political wars: "I never loved Barack Obama. That said, among my crowd who did 'love' him, I can't think of anyone who still does." Why is Mr. Obama different from Messrs. Clinton and Bush? "Clinton radiated personality. As angry as folks got with him about Nafta or Monica, there was always a sense of genuine, generous caring." With Bush, "if folks were upset with him, he still had this goofy kind of personality that folks could relate to. You might think he was totally misguided but he seemed genuinely so. . . . Maybe the most important word that described Clinton and Bush but not Obama is 'genuine.'" He "doesn't exude any feeling that what he says and does is genuine."


Here is the link to the rest of the article. I believe this article explains Obama’s popularity in an honest fashion where Mainstream Media has failed to do due to their love affection with Obama. Remember, this is what happens when Media elects a president instead of the people.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Unknown Heroes Behind the Mission that Located Osama Bin Laden


This is an amazing story about a man who was behind the mission who captured the arch terrorist of our decade or possibly this century. Heroes like these never receive public acknowledgment of their success nor will they ever be publicly thanked by the main-stream Media. It has to do with these agents safety and security. However, some of it has to do with the fact that our society has lost touch with who are the true heroes of our society. They are more concerned about consumerist and pop-culture heroes or some dumb singers, actors, and/or activist doing something for publicity stunt and they hold them up as to be the icon of our society. However, heroes like these don’t need public recognition of their good work. I believe they get the true satisfaction when they can see the title “mission accomplish” and that would be more than enough for them. From bottom of my heart, I salute heroes like “John” and I thank them for their hard work. Here is the story from MSNBC.com:

WASHINGTON — After Navy SEALs killed Osama Bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation Room, watching the daring raid unfold.
Hidden from view, standing just outside the frame of that now-famous photograph was a career CIA analyst. In the hunt for the world's most-wanted terrorist, there may have been no one more important. His job for nearly a decade was finding the al-Qaida leader. The analyst was the first to put in writing last summer that the CIA might have a legitimate lead on finding Bin Laden. He oversaw the collection of clues that led the agency to a fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. His was among the most confident voices telling Obama that Bin Laden was probably behind those walls.
The CIA will not permit him to speak with reporters. But interviews with former and current U.S. intelligence officials reveal a story of quiet persistence and continuity that led to the greatest counterterrorism success in the history of the CIA.
Nearly all the officials insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters or because they did not want their names linked to the Bin Laden operation.
The Associated Press has agreed to the CIA's request not to publish his full name and withhold certain biographical details so that he would not become a target for retribution.
Call him John, his middle name. John was among the hundreds of people who poured into the CIA's Counterterrorism Center after the Sept. 11 attacks, bringing fresh eyes and energy to the fight.
Disparate strands
He had been a standout in the agency's Russian and Balkan departments. When Vladimir Putin was coming to power in Russia, for instance, John pulled together details overlooked by others and wrote what some colleagues considered the definitive profile of Putin. He challenged some of the agency's conventional wisdom about Putin's KGB background and painted a much fuller portrait of the man who would come to dominate Russian politics.
That ability to spot the importance of seemingly insignificant details, to weave disparate strands of information into a meaningful story, gave him a particular knack for hunting terrorists. "He could always give you the broader implications of all these details we were amassing," said John McLaughlin, who as CIA deputy director was briefed regularly by John in the mornings after the 2001 attacks.
From 2003, when he joined the Counterterrorism Center, through 2005, John was one of the driving forces behind the most successful string of counterterrorism captures in the fight against terrorism: Abu Zubaydah, Abd al-Nashiri, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Ramzi Bin Alshib, Hambali and Faraj al-Libi. But there was no greater prize than finding Bin Laden. Bin Laden had slipped away from U.S. forces in the Afghan mountains of Tora Bora in 2001, and the CIA believed he had taken shelter in the lawless tribal areas of Pakistan.
In 2006, the agency mounted Operation Cannonball, an effort to establish bases in the tribal regions and find Bin Laden. Even with all its money and resources, the CIA could not locate its prime target.
By then, the agency was on its third director since Sept. 11, 2001. John had outlasted many of his direct supervisors who retired or went on to other jobs. The CIA doesn't like to keep its people in one spot for too long. They become jaded. They start missing things. John didn't want to leave. He'd always been persistent. In college, he walked on to a Division I basketball team and hustled his way into a rotation full of scholarship players.
The CIA offered to promote him and move him somewhere else. John wanted to keep the Bin Laden file. Champagne was uncorked at the CIA's headquarters after it was confirmed that Navy SEALs had killed Osama Bin Laden.
He examined and re-examined every aspect of Bin Laden's life. How did he live while hiding in Sudan? With whom did he surround himself while living in Kandahar, Afghanistan? What would a Bin Laden hideout look like today?
'We'll get there'
The CIA had a list of potential leads, associates and family members who might have access to Bin Laden. "Just keep working that list bit by bit," one senior intelligence official recalls John telling his team. "He's there somewhere. We'll get there." John rose through the ranks of the counterterrorism center, but because of his nearly unrivaled experience, he always had influence beyond his title. One former boss confessed that he didn't know exactly what John's position was. "I knew he was the guy in the room I always listened to," the official said. While he was shepherding the hunt for Bin Laden, John also was pushing to expand the Predator program, the agency's use of unmanned airplanes to launch missiles at terrorists.
The CIA largely confined those strikes to targets along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. But in late 2007 and early 2008, John said the CIA needed to carry out those attacks deeper inside Pakistan. It was a risky move. Pakistan was an important but shaky ally. John's analysts saw an increase in the number of Westerners training in Pakistani terrorist camps. John worried that those men would soon start showing up on U.S. soil. "We've got to act," John said, a former senior intelligence official recalls. "There's no explaining inaction." John took the analysis to then CIA Director Michael Hayden, who agreed and took the recommendation to President George W. Bush.
In the last months of the Bush administration, the CIA began striking deeper inside Pakistan. Obama immediately adopted the same strategy and stepped up the pace. Recent attacks have killed al-Qaida's No. 3 official, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, and Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. All the while, John's team was working the list of Bin Laden leads. In 2007, a female colleague whom the AP has also agreed not to identify decided to zero in on a man known as Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, a nom de guerre.
Other terrorists had identified al-Kuwaiti as an important courier for al-Qaida's upper echelon, and she believed that finding him might help lead to Bin Laden. "They had their teeth clenched on this and they weren't going to let go," McLaughlin said of John and his team. "This was an obsession." It took three years, but in August 2010, al-Kuwaiti turned up on a National Security Agency wiretap. The female analyst, who had studied journalism at a Big Ten university, tapped out a memo for John, "Closing in on Bin Laden Courier," saying her team believed al-Kuwaiti was somewhere on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Bigger picture
As the CIA homed in on al-Kuwaiti, John's team continually updated the memo with fresh information. Everyone knew that anything with Bin Laden's name on it would shoot right to the director's desk and invite scrutiny, so the early drafts played down hopes that the courier would lead to Bin Laden. But John saw the bigger picture. The hunt for al-Kuwaiti was effectively the hunt for Bin Laden, and he was not afraid to say so. The revised memo was finished in September 2010. John, by then deputy chief of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Department, emailed it to those who needed to know. The title was "Anatomy of a Lead."
As expected, the memo immediately became a hot topic inside CIA headquarters and Director Leon Panetta wanted to know more. John never overpromised, colleagues recall, but he was unafraid to say there was a good chance this might be the break the agency was looking for.
The CIA tracked al-Kuwaiti to a walled compound in Abbottabad. If Bin Laden was hiding there, in a busy suburb not far from Pakistan's military academy, it challenged much of what the agency had assumed about his hideout.
But John said it wasn't that far-fetched. Drawing on what he knew about Bin Laden's earlier hideouts, he said it made sense that Bin Laden had surrounded himself only with his couriers and family and did not use phones or the Internet. The CIA knew that top al-Qaida operatives had lived in urban areas before. A cautious Panetta took the information to Obama, but there was much more work to be done. The government tried everything to figure out who was in that compound.
In a small house nearby, the CIA put people who would fit in and not draw any attention. They watched and waited but turned up nothing definitive. Satellites captured images of a tall man walking the grounds of the compound, but never got a look at his face.
Again and again, John and his team asked themselves who else might be living in that compound. They came up with five or six alternatives; Bin Laden was always the best explanation.
This went on for months. By about February, John told his bosses, including Panetta, that the CIA could keep trying, but the information was unlikely to get any better. He told Panetta this might be their best chance to find Bin Laden and it would not last forever. Panetta made that same point to the president.
Panetta held regular meetings on the hunt, often concluding with an around-the-table poll: How sure are you that this is Bin Laden? John was always bullish, rating his confidence as high as 80 percent. Others weren't so sure, especially those who had been in the room for operations that went bad. Not two years earlier, the CIA thought it had an informant who could lead him to Bin Laden's deputy. That man blew himself up at a base in Khost, Afghanistan, killing seven CIA employees and injuring six others.
That didn't come up in the meetings with Panetta, a senior intelligence official said. But everyone knew the risk the CIA was taking if it told the president that Bin Laden was in Abbottabad and was wrong. "We all knew that if he wasn't there and this was a disaster, certainly there would be consequences," the official recalled.
Reassuring confidence
John was among several CIA officials who repeatedly briefed Obama and others at the White House. Current and former officials involved in the discussions said John had a coolness and a reassuring confidence.
By April, the president had decided to send the Navy SEALs to assault the compound. Though the plan was in motion, John went back to his team, a senior intelligence official said. "Right up to the last hour," he told them, "if we get any piece of information that suggests it's not him, somebody has to raise their hand before we risk American lives."
Nobody did. Inside the Situation Room, the analyst who was barely known outside the close-knit intelligence world took his place alongside the nation's top security officials, the household names and well-known faces of Washington.
An agonizing 40 minutes after Navy SEALs stormed the compound, the report came back: Bin Laden was dead. John and his team had guessed correctly, taking an intellectual risk based on incomplete information. It was a gamble that ended a decade of disappointment. Later, Champagne was uncorked back at the CIA, where those in the Counterterrorism Center who had targeted Bin Laden for so long celebrated. John's team reveled in the moment.
Two days after Bin Laden's death, John accompanied Panetta to Capitol Hill. The Senate Intelligence Committee wanted a full briefing on the successful mission. At one point in the private session, Panetta turned to the man whose counterterrorism resume spanned four CIA directors.
He began to speak, about the operation and about the years of intelligence it was based on. And as he spoke about the mission that had become his career, the calm, collected analyst paused, and he choked up.

Click here for the link to the story on MSNBC.com

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Releasing of the Oil Reserves: a Stunt for Election ONLY!


Ok, now we are definitely in election mode. U.S. voluntarily decides to release some of its reserves to ease the deficiencies of Libya and the conflict there. Yeah Right!!! Click Here for the full story. This is a stunt by Obama administration since things are not looking good at all for him. His disastrous economic policies have not worked. Geee what a Surprise?! His main focus became passing the “health care reform” that would cost the U.S Government billions of dollars and it would worsen our debt problem. His Stimulus Plan was nothing but a waste and a payoff to his allies. So now, the gas prices have gone up. There is one thing about Gas prices that you should and to put it in the most simplified fashion, if gas prices go up, the economy will tank. High gas prices would hit American pockets directly. The cost of living, the cost of food, the cost of air-travel, and many other type of costs would dramatically increases. If the costs increases in such a bad economy, it would simply destroy any sign of recovery. These are the signs we are seeing here. However, another issue is that America voters would look at gas prices as a way to evaluate a President. The Mainstream Media used the gas prices to destroy Bush.
When Gas prices went up under Bush, the mainstream media ripped a new one for Bush. They accused Bush of being in bed with the Oil Companies and they are doing it together just to make them money. Under Obama, time after time, we witnessed his open relationship with the Oil companies. The biggest one was: BP. BP was the biggest contributor to Obama’s campaign before he was elected as the President. However, they received a huge pay off. To make a very long story short, with Obama’s hidden green light, Ireland approved a Libyan terrorist who plotted and executed a terrorist plan that caused a bomb to go in an American flight killing all the passengers on that flight, to be released from Irish jails (he was supposed to die 3 months after his release which was 3 years ago-HE IS STILL ALIVE). That happened with BP heavily lobbying the courts behind the doors. Two weeks after the release of that murderer, Gadhafi personally awarded BP with the rights to do offshore drilling of the Coast of Libya. Then if it wasn’t bad enough, as soon as things started getting bad in Libya, Obama without the consent of Congress or even addressing the issue with the American public, conducted air-assault to support the oppositions in Libya. However, Obama quickly stopped the air raids and handed over the operation to NATO after the Libyan opposition took over the oil rich territories and refineries. Guess who had the most stakes in those areas: BP AGAIN! (BTW: mainstream media just argued that Obama is involved in Libya ONLY for humanitarian issues and to prove to the Arab world that he is with the people). Questions: why hasn’t he lifted a finger against Syrian regime who is one of the main supporters of terrorism in the region and openly murdering Syrian citizens? Oh yeah, No BP and no Oil!
So now he is about to go into reelection and the economy is tanked, mysteriously and without any warning or fair reasons, he releases U.S reserves which would not solve U.S economy problems in the long run. This act is more like a bandage for a short term. It will help the economy maybe for a year or two until the election. This is amazing. Instead of thinking long term to solve the problems, he is simply thinking about reelection only. ENJOY THE CHANGE YOU BROUGHT AMERICA!

Friday, October 02, 2009

Afghanistan is Not Iraq


Ok, we’re under President Obama rule now. He is our President and there is nothing you could do about it. However, one thing that pisses me off is what the hell happened to the “Anti-War” people. I thought they were against the war and against violence. Why did they vanish? The reason I am asking this question is because Obama is talking about increasing troops for Afghanistan and he is investing more money in that country.
Personally, I think it is a horrible mistake. I am not saying we’re defeated and we should cut and run. The reason I am saying this is because Afghanistan is not Iraq. Sorry to say this but THERE IS NO HOPE FOR AFGHANISTA. Afghanistan is not Iraq. Iraq has future and there is hope for Iraq. But Afghanistan does not have anything.
The difference between the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan is that Iraq has natural resources. On top of that, Iraq has an educated population too that could take over the government. The natural resources could pay for rebuilding Iraq and the educated population could assist the democracy to work. Iraq at the same time has been thirsty for democracy. Yes, there are crazies in Iraq too. There are sectarian differences, however thank to Al-Qaeda and their terrorism that devastated this country, people have decided to set aside their differences at least for now. At the same time, the only reason Iraq fell apart in the beginning was that there were not troops in the region and the country was not secured. It was the lack of management of the war by President Bush that forced Iraq into chaos. At the same time, it was also the Media and their hatred of Bush that added fuel into the fire in Iraq. The terrorists quickly realized that if they could destabilize Iraq, they have enough allies in the U.S with same hatred of Bush that they could force U.S to pull back. They were successful to some extent. With every soldier that died in Iraq, the media actively assisted those terrorist by highly publicizing it. They were all screaming: “Vietnam, Vietnam” or loonies such Cindy Sean who grossly took advantage of her son’s death to push her own wacky ideologies on the Americans. Directors such as Michael Moore and other morons were just adding more fuel to the fire. Thank G-d, with exception of Michael Moore movie, none of the movies made a dime and they were a complete loss. However, the only benefit was terrorists were gaining more power and moral support. Of course, Democrats being out of power at the time were also benefiting from it. Let’s just say, Iraq fell apart because of many reasons that could have been prevented. I don’t want to go too much into detail of what happened.
However, Afghanistan is not Iraq. Afghanistan is not Iraq though. Afghanistan does not have any natural resources. Meaning, there is no money to rebuild it. Who is going to pay to rebuild this country in this economic mess that we’re in today? Afghanistan does not have any infrastructure. There are no roads, no electricity, no clean water, and many other goods that a country a needs. At the same time, the worst part is that not that many educated people live there. The country is so backward that it would take hundreds of years to bring it even remotely up to date in terms of infrastructure, education, and political process. This country has been devastated by tribal war for many many years and there is almost no change in sight. The country is still heavily religious and the signs of Taliban practices and rules and can been seen everywhere. The practicing religion has an extreme sect of Islam which is Wahabisim. The same type practiced in Saudi Arabia. There are other type of Islam there too, however it seems like Wahabists are incredibly powerful in that country. I have said before and I say now, Wahabisim will never ever work with democracy and it is the most violent type of Islam that needs to be eradicated. I don’t care if it is someone’s religion; Wahabsim is almost like Nazism and should not be tolerated in any sense or form. Strategically speaking, Afghanistan is located where there are a lot of mountains around. This will provide natural shields for all types of insurgent activities. Iraq was flat; tanks could easily relocate from one place to another. Troops could easily be transferred from one location to another. However in Afghanistan, it is not so easily achieved. The weather, geographical location, and existence of no road make military activity a hell. Investing more troops in Afghanistan will not work that well. I really hope it does, but I think Obama is making a huge mistake in this case.
In conclusion, the only apparent thing in here is the hypercriticism of politics and of course of the Left. They were screaming “peace peace peace”! I still remember the signs that say: “fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity”. My question is what happened to the virgin? What happened to peace? Did they abandon it? What happened to media criticizing this president and his decision? When Bush (worst Commander in Chief in U.S history) with recommendation and pleas of generals in Pentagon especially General David Petraeus wanted to increase the troops, they were criticizing him left and right, but now they are completely silent on this matter? At the end, I think Obama and Left are creating another Vietnam and our troops are going to pay a hefty price for it. I hope not, but that’s the direction we’re headed.

Monday, September 01, 2008

U.S Hands over Anbar Province to Iraqi Forces


Today something significant happened and news media chose to somehow to play it down. U.S forces have handed over the control of Anbar province. For those who are familiar with this province, it used to be one of the most unstable regions in Iraq. It used to be on front pages of every news organization regarding how Americans are losing the war and how they are being slaughtered in those streets.
The reason that we don’t see a big deal about this good news is simply because of Media’s infatuation with Mr. Obama and his candidacy for the next election. Mr. Obama, being an inexperienced liberal mouth piece that he is, opposed the surge in Iraq. He thought that just because he got lucky with opposition to the war in Iraq, he’ll get lucky here too and as long as he undermines the strength and achievement of U.S forces in Iraq and play the defeat and retreat card, he’ll be able to hide his inability to lead the U.S. It is amazing how democrats are dying to declare that we have lost the war in order to come to power. However, that is another argument for another time. Now that the surge worked and showed how foolish Mr. Obama and his insane liberal followers were, the media is trying down play this event in order to assist Mr. Obama in his candidacy.
Maybe it is a conspiracy theory, but it is no secret that Mr. Obama has been enjoying horrific special treatment from media as oppose to John McCain. This is only a small example of how the media is trying so hard to get Obama elected. The amazing part is that with all these special treatment from media, White House screw ups, and GOP unpopularity, Obama and McCain are pretty much equal in polls. Given how unpopular President Bush and GOP are, Democrats should be leading by at least 10 points. Democrats should have this election in the bag, yet thank to liberal special interest who always affect the democratic primaries, they are in danger of losing this election too. Seems to me that American citizens are not easily influenced by propaganda and self-hating ideology that Obama is trying to force down our throat. They can see right through the B.S that Obama is selling and that is why they have a hard time believing his so called “CHANGE”. I can’t wait until someone says: he is not leading because he is black and Americans are RACIST. Honestly, it’s not his race that is holding him back, it is his ideologies, flip-flopping, and inexperience that is hurting him. Democratic Party has been out of touch with public concern and demand and they showed it perfectly with this new candidate for 2008 election. Democrats are simply out of touch with the reality and it is again thank to special interests that is influencing and lobbying this party.
In conclusion, congratulation to American forces and their achievements. Hopefully we’ll see a day in near future that Iraq is safe and secured and U.S forces hand over total control to Iraqi forces. I know there are still major problems ahead of American forces in that region, however great achievements in life come with struggle. That’s what makes them an achievement. Let’s hope and pray for the day that Iraq sees complete peace and security and we have all of U.S. forces back home safe and secured.