That giant U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, can we keep that when we cut & run?

[Philosoraptor]

There is the small matter of the gigantic U.S. embassy built in the heavily fortified green zone in Baghdad. We've spent a lot of money to build and maintain it, fill it will U.S. officials, erected Wendy's and McDonald's and movie theaters, we can't just leave all that behind for the crazy Iraqis to take over, can we?

Aren't we also building dozens of military bases hither and yon across the landscape? What about all those, will be just abandon them too? What about all of our oil under Iraqi soil?

While America begs bush pretty please to end the war and madness, president cheney is still settling in for the long haul. We've gone all schizophrenic in regard to how to escape Iraq, we want to, the soldiers want to, the Iraqis want us to, but the people 'in charge' don't really want to escape Iraq.

Americans still don't realize that WE are in charge, not bush and cheney and the gang. This republican neo con aggression will not stand.

[Hubert Flottz]

1. The CONtractors will get to the point where they don't understand

each other soon...



For it is written...

[rfranklin]

2. We are there for the duration...

The duration of the oil theft which I believe is being codified at this moment. Primo petroleum at cut rate prices for the Republican cronies at the oil companies.

[ClintonTyree]

3. The Embassy was to be a monument to George W. Bush....

and his democratization of the Middle East. In reality it will in all likelihood become Al Qaeda's headquarters in the Middle East, a monument to George Bush's vanity and stupidity. Not being people who pass up chances to rub things in America's face, I wonder of they'll name it the "George W. Bush Terrorist Training Center" or something equally ironic.

[Philosoraptor]

4. An Al Qaeda stronghold, wouldn't THAT be ironic?

[moondust]

5. You mean Muqtada City? n/t

[Vinca]

6. Cut and run?? CUT AND RUN???

Now that it's becoming the rage among Republicans it's called "jumping ship."

[Philosoraptor]

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[BrotherBuzz]

8. Can't we just turn the embassy into the 'Mother-of-all' date plam packing plants?

[malaise]

9. Nope

that will literally and figuratively become the world's largest white elephant. What a fitting tribute to Republican excesses.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Only as long as it takes to launch the helicopters.