Getting Tired...

It has been almost 6 years since I started to invest in Iraq. Back when the war started, I was a middle school teacher. I started to do some research on how I can help with the troops... I cam across a site a while back which put me into contact with some of the troops over in Iraq, which had no families or anyone who they felt cared about them. I started emailing letters back and forth. I met some real nice troops. I would send them some gifts from the US. They would send me Iraqi Dinar. I thought it was a joke, but all the troops I spoke with said to hold on to the money... it would be a LOOOONG term investment.

After that I started looking into this new currency and started to buy up as much as I could, thinking... whats the worst that could happen??? The paper would never be worth anything...

Well, 7 years after the war started I am now sitting on a few million Iraqi Dinar. Family and friends used to laugh at the thought of "wasting my money", but I felt different. Over the years the Iraqi Dinar has been appreciating slooooow, but still steady. I have already doubled my investment. I started to get phone calls from friends and relatives when the Baghdad Stock Exchange made the front page of the NY Post.

I am still hanging in there for the long haul. I am not giving up... I just wish that if and when Iraq goes international, that they are or become a stable nation. I would hate for the US to have sacrificed all those lives for nothing...

I am just getting tired... seems like the world is just going to crap.

Troops to Withdrawl less than 1.5 years

According to the National News for today, when President Obama takes office, he will initiate a plan to have all our troops withdrawn from Iraq within 16 months.