Stop_the_War
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:25 PM
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New U.S. Embassy in Iraq will cost $1.5 Billion... |
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:26 PM
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1. The largest embassy in the world too |
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Mon Jan-31-05 08:05 PM
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merwin
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:29 PM
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2. Oh, I thought it was 2 billion |
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Did they skimp on the statue of bush?
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:32 PM
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3. The country's diplomatic beachhead doesn't come cheaply |
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Browning estimated that it cost nearly half a billion dollars to keep the embassy operation going for the last six months of 2004. http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5211053.html
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:34 PM
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4. How the hell is an embassy going to be that expensive... |
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Is it going to be an embassy, or a "Pentagon 2: the sequel!"?
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:40 PM
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8. Although it's in one of Saddam's old palaces |
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I'd imagine they thought it just didn't have ENOUGH cheesy golden fixtures. They must be adding some gold tiles to the floor, too.
And breakfast nook. A nice, solid gold breakfast nook.
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:35 PM
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5. That makes me want to.. |
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:puke: I can't help but think of all the education, healthcare, food, clothes, and other truly positive things that could have been accomplished with that money.
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:36 PM
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6. and for this we get????? . . . |
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hope at least everyone gets the t-shirt . . . as in "been there, done that, bought the t-shirt" . . .
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:38 PM
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7. ok . . . lemme see if I have this straight . . . |
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we invade the country and destroy all kinds of modern office buidings and even a few perfectly serviceable palaces . . . and then turn around and build a $1.5 billion embassy? . . . someone needs lessons in fiscal planning, at the very least . . .
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Mon Jan-31-05 06:59 PM
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9. Oh good, we're spending more money in another area. How satisfying...not! |
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Mon Jan-31-05 07:00 PM
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10. So how long will it take terrorists to blow this one up? |
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Mon Jan-31-05 08:22 PM
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12. That's because it's really a military base installation under |
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the disguise of any embassy. They are planning to be in Iraq a long time unless we can get our emperor impeached sooner if not later.
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