U.S. embassy in Baghdad already being expanded.
U.S. embassy in Baghdad already being expanded.
“It’s as big as Vatican City and makes the foreign embassies dotting the tree-lined streets of Washington, D.C., look like carriage houses, but the barely-finished U.S. embassy in Baghdad is already primed for expansion.”
According to Dave Foley, spokesman at the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, more Americans are still working at the embassy than initially expected, mainly because the overarching security problem in Baghdad has slowed and complicated efforts to rebuild the country and help establish a functioning central government there. [...]
As designed now, the 619 blast-proof apartments may not be enough to accommodate some of the estimated 4,000 regular employees, contractors and local Iraqis working for the embassy, plus congressional and other diplomatic visitors who visit the capital on a regular basis.
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LOL so the Bush Regime will double or triple the cost of construction of the US Embassy now. 619 apartments are not enough, so over 3,000 more needed?
June 4th, 2007 at 11:59 pmAs “big as Vatican City?” Holy occupation, Batman!
June 5th, 2007 at 12:01 amI told you guys that even having an embassy was going to be too much for Bush-haters.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:01 amJake a 4,000 apartment Embassy is actually a hotel, but with Bush in charge I will call it a brothel of corruption.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:05 amYour “conservative” goverment at work, spending our tax dollars.
Is that ok with the trolls?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:09 amTo quote from an earlier thread: “I have no problem with permanent bases. What’s next, we have to shut down every foreign embassy we have?” Comment by Jake — June 3, 2007 @ 6:43 pm
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/03/officials-acknowledge-detailed-plans-for-permanent-bases/
June 5th, 2007 at 12:10 amIf we stopped spending money on welfare, we’d have more than enough for defense.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:11 ami have seen u.s. embassies in countries around the world and nothing, absolutely NOTHING, even remotely like what’s going up in baghdad… i was at the groundbreaking of the new u.s. embassy in skopje, macedonia, and it’s going to be 4x the size of the old one, but still NOTHING EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE to baghdad… what they’re doing is putting in a heavily fortified, totally closed, completely self-sufficient walled city that, in effect, won’t even be part of the country that it’s in… it’s a gargantuan example of empire run amok and will be seen that way throughout the middle east, which, i’m sure, was precisely the plan from the beginning…
And, yes, I DO take it personally
June 5th, 2007 at 12:13 amIf we stopped spending money on welfare, we’d have more than enough for defense.
Comment by Jake
If we stopped allowing corporate welfare, we’d have enough to do both.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:13 amJake > how about we take your Social Security money to pay for the upgrade of the Iraq Embassy, since you claim to be a senior citizen.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:14 amLegally speaking, of course, NO embassy is part of the country that it’s in.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:15 amStop it! Just stop it right now. I do not accept anything permanent that is established by the Bush administration in Iraq. We should be good visitors and just rent a few rooms when the climate is right.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:15 amLegally speaking, of course, NO embassy is part of the country that it’s in.
Comment by Jake
Maybe we could expand the embassy in Iraq to cover the whole country, then no one could dispute that it’s ours.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:19 amFor the record, cutting all welfare would include everything from Social Security to corporate — of course, I would want to see a 3 line flat tax return as well ; )
June 5th, 2007 at 12:20 amfukit, let’s just kick all the Iraqis out and be done wit it, set up shop and start slangin’ o’l.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:22 amSee Jake, an embassy is a normal sized building. It isn’t a freaking David Koresh compound!!! You wouldn’t understand that though, would you, you psychotic little neocon?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:23 amFor the record, cutting all welfare would include everything from Social Security to corporate — of course, I would want to see a 3 line flat tax return as well ; )
Comment by Jake
For the record, you’re ignoring your silly Ignore List, you old fool.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:25 amThe cost of construction of the Embassy in Baghdad so far is $592 million. That does not include carpeting, tile, wall-paper, light fixtures, furniture, etc. All of that probably doubles the cost to around 1.2 billion, then add the additional 3,381+ apartments and the cost might jump to 3 billion or more. Plus it probably means expanding the complex to more than 104 acres.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:25 amIf anyone ELSE wants to discuss budget priorities, let me know.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:26 amhttp://www.truemajority.org/oreos/
US defense budget explained for those who think it might be perhaps too small (larger than the rest of the world put together?)
June 5th, 2007 at 12:27 amI would have hasd this up sooner, but I was trying to get on JOke’s no-see-un list again and I used a bad word.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:28 amIf anyone ELSE wants to discuss budget priorities, let me know.
Comment by Jake
For the record, it looks like it’s just those of us on the Ignore List.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:28 amWhat to do? What to do?
If anybody wants to discuss anything intelligently (those that AREN”T on my psychotic Jakey list that is), let me know.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:29 amHey look at me, I’m Jake the f*ckhead. If anyone who’s NOT on my stupid ass ignore list wants ta talk about some stupid shit let me know.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:31 amStack em in those 619 blast proof apartments like sailors in a submarine.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:32 amOccupyin’s hard work!
Since the US basically already controls the entire Green Zone in Iraq, then Bush should just expand the Embassy into the entire area. It would be like the imperial palace compound in Bejing, China.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:32 amWow, Jake wound up on his own ignorant list!
June 5th, 2007 at 12:33 amLaura Doty or profmarcus — you still around?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:34 amMr. President, is that really you? You have been just as ridiculous as old Jake-a$$ lately.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:35 amLaura Doty or profmarcus — you still around?
Comment by Jake
Yoo hoo! I’m here, Jake. Budgetary responsibility…..
June 5th, 2007 at 12:36 amJake, I have absolutely no respect for anybody not on your Buscemi list. Let me know who they are and I will boycott them.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:36 amI hope they built another really photogenic helicopter pad on the top – that was such good footage last time.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:38 amMr. President, is that really you? You have been just as ridiculous as old Jake-a$$ lately.
Comment by JPark — June 5, 2007 @ 12:35 am
Yeah, dis me.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:38 amJake, Iraq IS a huge welfare state.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:38 amMr. President. I was your biggest defender for awhile. You didn’t deserve it. I was a fool. You do nothing but derail threads. That is not exactly respectable.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:41 amDid Jake go to empty his colostomy bag?
Maybe that’s a priority over budgetary priorities…..?
June 5th, 2007 at 12:46 amMr. President. I was your biggest defender for awhile. You didn’t deserve it. I was a fool. You do nothing but derail threads. That is not exactly respectable.
Comment by JPark — June 5, 2007 @ 12:41 am
I mean, you probably shouldn’t have defended me on everything, of course there will be things that you disagree with me about. But I’m not derailing threads just for the hell of it (well at least not ALL the time). Plus some of the comments tonight have been imposters.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:47 amJake
Bill Clinton reformed much of the welfare… where have you been? Maybe you are talking about corporate welfare.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:47 amNo, Mr. President, I was not defending you on everything…I was defending you on your basic decency. I was wrong. You are not decent. You are a troll with no actual interest in debate. You just want to f%ck with people. Lame.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:50 amDid Jake go to empty his colostomy bag?
Maybe that’s a priority over budgetary priorities…..?
Comment by Zooey
Does anyone not on my list want to talk about Depends? These things never hold up when you need them!
Jake
June 5th, 2007 at 12:51 amComment by JPark — June 5, 2007 @ 12:50 am
Okay, if you say so.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:52 amdave foley? i was wondering where he was. he was the best looking in drag of all the kids in the hall.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:54 amWhy should we be surprised? Everyone with 1/10th of a brain already knows, regardless of who’s in the White House (Repub or Dem), that we’ll be there for decades. That’s been the plan from the get go. It’s a done deal. If the Democrats take over in 08, mark my words, there will be no pull out from Iraq. This country appears to be totally screwed.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:55 amUn-Freakin-Believable.
Future American Presidents should be required to publically play a game or two of Sid Meier’s Civilization befre they’re allowed to (try to) govern a real Nation.
The priorities of this Government are beyond nonsensical…
June 5th, 2007 at 12:55 amDoes anyone not on my list want to talk about Depends? These things never hold up when you need them!
Jake
Comment by gummitch
You need to buy the super-soaker size, old Jake.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:56 amI say so, Mr. President. As soon as you stop being a troll I will defend you again.
June 5th, 2007 at 12:56 amBush starts weeklong trip to Europe
http://www.ccoaler.blogspot.com
June 5th, 2007 at 1:01 amIf we stopped spending money on welfare, we’d have more than enough for defense.
Comment by Jake
Jake, that combination of ignorance and arrogance you have mastered is a frightening thing to see.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:03 amccokz > I hope Bush never returns from his trip. He can go to Paraguay into exile.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:04 amCorporate welfare Jake? That is the only thing that makes sense.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:05 amBy the way Jake, you stupid sh!t. Actual welfare does not come CLOSE to what we spend on the war. You are an idiot.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:06 amTHERE IS SO MUCH FRIGGIN CORRUPTION GOING ON IT’S ENOUGH
TO
MAKE
EVERYONE
BARF
AND
PUKE
THEM FRIGGIN OUT OF OFFICE DUDE…. BECAUSES IT’S RIGGED DUDE
RIGGED AND EVEN THAT’S CORRUPTED TOO -
DEPT OF JUSTICE
FRIGGIN CORRUPT
HIGHEST CLASS HOUSE OF THE LAND
TOTALLY CORRUPT
SENATE
FRIGGIN CORRUPT
CONGRESS
DITTO
AND WE FRIGGIN GET THE GREASE PITS SPILLED OUT AT THE DUMP
FOR FRIGGIN SERVICE
AND FOR A+ SERVICE IS A DUMP CALLED FRIGGIN MCDONALDS
WHICH PROVIDES FAR FAR SUPERIOR SERVICE
FRIGGIN IDIOTS FOR THESE HIGH CLASS HOODLUMS TO CORRUPT
June 5th, 2007 at 1:09 amEVERYTHING ENOUGH TO FRIGGIN ****
Pentagon is the most bloated welfare project that was ever devised by our nation. The funding of the Department of Defense is a huge scam to transfer wealth to profiteers.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:11 amI’M TELLING YOU DUDE………
WE GET FAR FAR SUPERIOR A+ service FROM A FRIGGIN DUMP
FROM A RESTRAUNT CALLED FRIGGIN MCDONALD’S DUDE
AND WHAT DO WE GET FROM THIS FRIGGIN SCAM
EQUIVALENT TO FRIGGIN A GREASE PIT DUMPED AT THE FRIGGIN
LANDFILL
AND I STAND STRONG ON THAT AND PROBABLY 99% OF THE PEOPLE
MOST LIKELY FEEL THE SAME FRIGGIN WAY
DISGUSTING DUDE
AND TO ME ALL THESE FAITHFULLY CARESSED ROCK SOLID PUBLIC
SERVANTS ARE A BUNCH OF FRIGGIN IDIOTS
OH YEAH, THEY SERVE US ALL RIGHT
FRIGGIN TOTALLY CORRUPTED AND FRIGGIN TOTALLY BOUGHT
OUT WITH THEIR FRIGGIN CRONY’S DUDE
NOW JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH WITH ROCK SOLID
June 5th, 2007 at 1:26 amINTEGRITY DUDE… IT’S ALL FRIGGIN CORRUPTED DUDE
Another thread successfully derailed by Jake – grats! That makes two tonight: two threads detailing the blueprints by which begins the forever war. Reading this thread demonstrates just how easy it is to control us via our emotions. Sad.
I would think there’s enough to discuss about BushCo pouring another billion of our dollars into an ‘embassy’, which the creation of can only result in one of two outcomes; either that ONE BILLION dollars is gone forever, wasted on a facility that whoever governs/rules Iraq will inherit, OR we’re in Iraq for the LONG haul. Either way seems like a shit outcome to me.
Ce la vie, I guess.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:50 amNamtillaku, I wouldn’t call that a success for Jakey. Once you get past 12 pm eastern it really isn’t threadbased. It is a free for all.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:55 amIf you want to bring up valid points at this time, Nam, go ahead. You are going to get some retarded responses.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:56 amRecently I heard that a pool of OIL has been discovered under Baghdad, so when the Petroleum Cartel CEOs have extracted all the OIL elesewhere in Iraq, then they will pump out the pool under Baghdad. Eventually the huge concrete slab of the Embassy will crack and sink into the earth, then it will become an abandoned ruin and a relic of Bush Regime stupidity.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:07 amI AGREE WITH JIMBO DUDE….
IT’S ALL FRICKEN CORRUPT DUDE…
FAGETABOUTIT DUDE….
I GET BETTER SERVICE AT A NATHANS CONEY ISLAND HOT DOG STAND DUDE…
I SPEAK WITH ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY DUDE…
JUST LIKE JIMBO DUDE…
FAGETABOUTIT DUDE…
THATS WHAT I’M TALKIN ABOUT DUDE…
DUDES AND DUDETTES-BE REAL DUDES…
June 5th, 2007 at 2:11 amThe extra space is offices for Halliburton. TP THANK YOU for the front burner on this story. Keep it hot folks.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:19 amhttp://www.infowars.com/images2/cartoons/pirates_poster.jpg
June 5th, 2007 at 3:27 amhttp://www.infowars.com/images2/cartoons/bush_gets_life.jpg
June 5th, 2007 at 3:31 amAccording to the new Iraq funding bill, it’s against the law to spend any money on permanent bases
http://tinyurl.com/ywlont
June 5th, 2007 at 3:43 amAnd where has much of the reconstruction contracting been done, instead of reestablishing sewage and electricity and clean water (to replace the waterworks etc. WE BLEW UP during the illegal invasion?)?
Golf courses, my friends. Golf courses for the Generals.
Our troops eat wormy Halliburton camel meat, while the Generals are eating caviar off the shoes of warmongers.
“The United States has NO LEGITIMATE LONGTERM POLICY of staying in Iraq.” — Candidate Kerry, first debate of 2004,
(one month before winning his election by landslide — mopped up with crooked secstates, caging lists, tabulation machines left hooked up to the Internet during the counts, and ten hour waits in line to vote).
June 5th, 2007 at 4:13 amI made an educated guess a long-long time ago that some of you may remember? I got hammered for it, because it wasn’t very pleasent. This guess was based on past and present US/World policies and natural progression. Part of this guess was based on the North American Union and America’s borders being wiped away with Canada and Mexico. Well the NAU is moving forward with no impediment. But more specifically, was a new North American currency called the “Amero”. People laughed. Trolls crapped themselves. Found this last night.
The Amero – New North American Currency:
June 5th, 2007 at 5:34 amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hiPrsc9g98
CORRUPT I SAY
FRIGGIN TOTALLY CORRUPT DUDE
WE GET FRIGGIN A+ SUPERIOR SERVICE AT A 3′RD RATE DUMP
CALLED MCDONALD’S
AND WHAT DO WE GET FROM OUR FAITHFULLY CARESSED GOD
APPOINTED ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY SERVANTS
FRIGGIN GREASE PITS SPILLED AT THE FRIGGIN DUMP
THAT TRANSLATES TO A 28% RATING WHICH THE
VERY MINIMUM FOR A F = 60% BUT MULITPLE THAT
TWICE
FRIGGIN DOUBLE F’S DUDE
WE GET DRACULA TWISTING ARMS, AND LOTS OF PORK AND LOTS OF
DEBT. DO YOU FRIGGIN KNOW RIGHT NOW FROM ALL THIS SWINDLING
AND PORK THE NATIONAL DEBT IS 60 TRILLION DOLLARS
DUDE THAT’S FRIGGIN $600,000 PER HOUSEHOLD AND CLIMBING
EVER HIGHER.
ALL THE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL GET
TOO FRIGGIN BAD IT’S ALL BOUGHT OUT AND YOU OR I CANNOT
GET THE FRIGGIN SERVICES
SO I STAND STRONG
THE FRIGGIN 3′RD RATE DUMP MCDONALD’S GIVES US A+ FAR FAR
SUPERIOR SERVICE
AND THE BEST SERVICES THAT MONEY CAN BUY (QUOTED BY BUSH)
APPEARS TO BE EQUIVALENT TO GIVING US A FRIGGIN GREASE PIT
FILLED WITH DIOXIONS AND PCB’S SPILLED ON TOP OF THE FRIGGIN
DUMP
HOW’S THAT FOR SERVICES DUDE
IT’S FRIGGIN RIGGED, CORRUPTED, AND WASHINGTON IS TOTALLY
BOUGHT OUT DUDE BY A BUNCH OF SCRATCHERS, BRIBERS,
SMOOZERS, LITERAL SWINDLERS DUDE. IN ADDITION IT APPEARS
TO
BE
FRIGGIN
RIGGED
June 5th, 2007 at 5:49 amWE GET THE FRIGGIN TOP OF THE LANDFILL
FAITHFULLY CARESSED WITH A NICE FRIGGIN
ADDITIONAL DUMP OF ABESTOS, PCB’S, DIXIONS.
THEN AS A FINAL TOUCH FRIGGIN FROM THE TRUSTY
A+ SERVICE PROVIDER MCDONALD’S THEIR GREASE PIT
DUMPED ON THE VERY TOP OF THE FRIGGIN LAND FILL
THAT’S WHAT WE FRIGGIN GET 28% RATINGS AND 85% WRONG DIRECTION
A COMPLETE FRIGGIN CESSPOOL OF
RATS
LIZZARDS
MITES
SNAKES
LEECHES
TICKS
FRIGGIN
SWINDLERS
DRACULA
CORRUPTION
DUDE
RIGHT FRIGGIN ON TOP OF THE GREASE PITS…
NOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THE KIND OF SERVICES
FOR
FRIGGIN
$600,000 IN FRIGGIN DEBT PER HOUSEHOLD
FOR ALL THESE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL GET
YOU CAN’T GET THE FRIGGIN SERVICES
IT’S ALL GONE IN IRAQ DUDE
SOCIAL SECURITY IS A DUMP OF EMPTY IOUS DUDE
IT’S ALL RIGGED AND ALL PORK AND ALL SWINDLED DUDE
I STAND STRONG
FRIGGIN A+ SERVICE FOR US ALL AT A DUMP CALLED MCDONALD’S
AND FOR $600,000
WE GET THE FRIGGIN GREASE DUMP AT THE LANDFILL DUDE
NOW JIMBO DUDE IS ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY AND
June 5th, 2007 at 6:03 amALWAYS SPEAKS THE TRUTH DUDE
JIMBO DUDE DOES NOT NEED TO GET A GRIP
JIMBO DUDE HAS ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS SPEAKS ROCK SOLID TRUTH
WE GET FRIGGIN SUPERIOR A+ SERVICE
FROM A FRIGGIN DUMP CALLED MCDONALD’S
AND FOR ALL THESE WONDERUL SERVICES
FROM OUR FAITHFULLY HIGHEST CLASS HOUSE
WE GET THE FRIGGIN TOP OF THE LANDFILL
+ ASBESTOS
+ DIXIONS/PCB’S
+ TO TOP IT FRIGGIN OFF
+ GREASE FROM THE FRIGGIN GREASEPITS
= ONLY $600,000 PER HOUSEHOLD
= BECAUSE OF A 60 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT
ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING DUDE
NOW I STAND STRONG ON THIS
FAR FAR SUPERIOR SERVICE AT THE MCDONALD’S DRIVE THRU
June 5th, 2007 at 6:23 amSOCIAL SECURITY IS A SEALED LOCK BOX = REAGAN
SOCIAL SECURITY A BUNCH OF EMPTY IOUS = BUSH
MOTORCADES TO SELL PEOPLE PRIVATE TRUSTS
FOR THEIR FRIGGIN SOCIAL SECURITY
CORRUPT I SAY, TOTALLY FRIGGIN BOUGHT OUT
JIMBO DUDE HAS ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
JIMBO DUDE ALWAYS HAS ROCK SOLID TRUTH
JIMBO DUDE TOTALLY HAS A GRIP DUDE
JIMBO DUDE DOES NOT NEED TO GET A GRIP
JIMBO DUDE IS NOW TAKING SOME CHILL PILLS DUDE
TO FRIGGIN FINALLY ACCEPT WASHINGTON IS BOUGHT OUT DUDE
June 5th, 2007 at 6:28 amAND IT’S FRIGGIN RIGGED DUDE TOTALLY FRIGGIN RIGGED
This was – from the outset – a war designed specifically to become a quagmire.
There was no exit strategy because there was NEVER going to be an exit.
Rumsfeld threatened to fire any General who worked on an exit plan.
Do you ALL finally admit it now?
The conspiracy theorists were right.
Some of you owe them an apology – and need to listen more closely to what else they have told you to be true – including everything you don’t wish to accept about who was really behind 9/11.
June 5th, 2007 at 6:43 am“If the American nuclear potential grows in European territory, we will have to have new targets in Europe,” Mr Putin said.
He said neither Iran nor North Korea had the weapons that the US was seeking to shoot down.
“We are being told the anti-missile defence system is targeted against something that does not exist. Doesn’t it seem funny to you?” he asked.
Mr Putin said Washington had “altered the strategic balance” by unilaterally pulling out of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty in 2002.
He hoped US officials would change their minds about the missile plan, and said that if an arms race resulted it would not be Russia’s fault.
Last week, Moscow announced it had tested a ballistic missile to maintain “strategic balance” in the world.
My advice: Dont f*ck with Russians.
June 5th, 2007 at 7:51 amErecting this mega-embassy has been a priority for Bush. Is it because once it’s established and staffed, it will be more difficult for a future president to remove our presence in Iraq? Really, I cannot fathom the justification for it. It’s not like we’re going to be handing out visas to Iraqi citizens, or facilitating emigration to the U.S. because for some reason we aren’t letting too many Iraqis come to the U.S.
It’s going to cost over a billion a year to fund it’s operations once it’s done. But that was the estimate when it was only 600 apartments, so it’s going to massively more than that. Why isn’t Congress holding hearings on this?
I’ve been to American embassies overseas. They aren’t compounds, resorts, cities. They are modest buildings. What’s really going on here?
June 5th, 2007 at 8:22 amI’m so glad the war lasted “no more than six months” as Uncle Rummy once lied. And, on top of that, I’m glad we were greeted as liberators so our stay in Iraqnam would be as short as possible.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:39 amBy the time Bush and Cheney are thru with Bagdhad, the city will be in ruins, the surrounding countryside a wasteland, and the exterior of the new embassy will be a pockmarked shell recieving daily bombardments until the last American is plucked from the roof by helicopter.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:43 amlooks like things are proceeding exactly as chimpy planned. no surprises here.
i don’t see the point of an palace-like embassy in a city with no services and quite possibly soon to have no inhabitants other than the “enemy” and “us”. if it weren’t so tragic it might qualify as bad comic irony.
June 5th, 2007 at 8:45 amPool is on the second floor ;)
June 5th, 2007 at 8:57 amWell, this is one place where Congress can use the “power of the purse”. I am writing my congress people and telling them that if they don’t do something to stop any more money being spent on the embassy and permanent bases, in my mind that will say that the Democrats approve of the occupation. They can cut off the money for these endeavors and there is no way that the Republics can say that they are not “supporting the troops”. If they approve any more money for the embassy and bases, they will be “supporting the occupation” the way the Republics are.
Write your representatives and tell them what you think!
June 5th, 2007 at 9:11 amAnother thread completely hijacked by trolls and those who play with trolls. This site is getting impossible to read.
CAN’T WE JUST NOT FEED THE TROLLS?
June 5th, 2007 at 9:14 amapexxx:
It’s not “permanent”.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:15 amWho authorized the funding for that? oh yeah that’s right Congress by 100%
June 5th, 2007 at 9:17 amThank you Dems for finally OWNING the war.
June 5th, 2007 at 9:20 amHow long do you think it will be before this embassy is pulverized in a hail of mortar and rocket attacks?
June 5th, 2007 at 9:47 amMight as well have built a castle with a moat and staffed it with Rosicrucians.
What part of “blast proof” don’t you people understand?
June 5th, 2007 at 10:07 amYes, let’s blast proof the shopping mall, the pool, and the recreation center. I don’t understand these fiscal conservatives who approve of an island of luxury built in an area where the locals can’t even get more than 4 hours of electricity a day, or clean drinking water.
June 5th, 2007 at 10:20 amI recommend pulling the troops out of the Iraq and leaving the embassy we are building to the Iraqis. The building would make a wonderful university/medical center for the Iraqi People.
June 5th, 2007 at 1:53 pmSaddam occupying all those palaces was proof how bad he was. US occupying all those palaces proof of how glorious we are. Final bill will likely be $1 billion after Bechtel (Boston Dig) and Halliburton get through. Nobel economist study (Stiglitz & Bilmes) says true total cost of war will be $2.3 TRILLION.
True military spending is about $950 billion every year because not all comes under Defense. Some comes under CIA, NASA, VA, Treasury (retirement), State, Energy, and debt repayment. Entire rest of the world combined is about $500 billion.
June 5th, 2007 at 2:40 pmbut this is their plan for Iraq… make the embassy bigger and bigger until it encompasses the whole country
June 5th, 2007 at 7:01 pmDoes Jake work for the Bush administration? Or is he being paid to defend it?
June 14th, 2007 at 10:05 am