I have a feeling that this embassy will never open

[CatWoman]

or if it does, it won't stay there for long:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19019060-2703,00.html

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m23045&l=i&size=1&hd=0

http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,295185,00.jpg

Building work at the 104-acre complex, known locally as 'George W's palace', is supposed to be secret, but it is impossible to disguise the cranes dominating the Baghdad skyline

[CrazyOrangeCat]

1. It will never happen.

It is just an exercise in NeoCon impotence.

[TomInTib]

6. Oh, it's going to happen all right.

The "Embassy" happens to be the only construction/rebuilding project on schedule and on budget ($7772 million) in the entire country.

This will also serve as the base of CentCom for the Middle East.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

10. Well, I'm still going to pretend . . .

. . . that they'll find a way to fuck it up! ;)

[EFerrari]

2. I agree. I hope they give it to the Iranians just to piss

Deadeye Dick off.

[stellanoir]

3. these guys are far too incompetent

just pissin' our money away.

[TahitiNut]

14. Au contraire ... they are VERY effective in pillaging the Treasury.

Just because they're not achieving what they claim they're doing doesn't mean they're not achieving what they're really trying to do: (1) decimate the laws and regulations that protect the public from predation by the wealthy, and (2) pillage the Treasury and but the public in debt to crony capitalists into the future as far as we can see. More and more, I look to see what they HAVE done to understand what their intentions are.

[lectrobyte]

19. Exactly. Just like the "failed" business ventures of W. It's only a

failure if you get caught holding the bag. Sell your stock and cash out at the right time, and walk away from the smoking ruins with millions in your pocket. Same plan for Iraq, just an order of magnitude or two higher.

[anitar1]

4. Seems obscene to me. Barf. n/t

[Oversea Visitor]

5. Sadly it will

Unless the US people act it will.
The Iraqies will dies by thousands but who cares
BY hundreds of thousands who cares
By millions who cares.

[spindrifter]

7. Maybe this is a mini Dubai.

Maybe they are practicing the lavish building projects that the Dubai financiers have put in. I can see it now. George W. will get a small beach-front location somewhere in Florida from his bro and then use the plan he practiced in Baghdad to put in his own community. Meanwhile this "palace" will be turned over to H*burton on a no-bid contract to run as a Snooper Mall.

[KyuzoGator]

8. Gee, I bet those eight cranes would be handy in New Orleans!

Nah, let's build the largest embassy/palace in human history instead!

[CrazyOrangeCat]

9. Well said.

[DavidDvorkin]

11. What's really important is that it have a big, flat roof

Today's helicopters are much bigger than the ones of the Viet Nam era. And with a big staff, the frantic evacuation will require a number of big helipads.

I hope they provided for that in the planning.

[CatWoman]

12. funny

when I first heard about this story, I started thinking about the last days in Viet Nam

[kineneb]

15. last one to the copter turns out the lights! n/t

[ShortnFiery]

17. Very inciteful and insightful (blush) ...

For just like "the fall of Saigon" in 1975, sooner rather than later, us wannabe USA Empire Builders will choose to leave ... um right after we are kicked out. :P

[Monk06]

13. Guantanamo on the Tigris. n/t

[ShortnFiery]

16. Yes, one huge-ass target of opportunity ...

What a sad waste of our hard earned tax dollars. :(

[karlrschneider]

18. The only word I can think of to desc ribe this is

"obscene."
:grr: