armytimes.com — Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. That?s all part of a 5yr. development ?dream list? or what some dub an improbable fantasy to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece.
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locojonesMay 6, 2008
I'm just curious who's going to staff all of these stores and hotels? We killed tens of thousands of Iraqis, millions more fled their homeland, and the rest that remain can't get along with their own kind because of factional strife.
Closed AccountMay 6, 2008
No, that would be foo yuc..or is it yoo fuc? -- One of those; I don't fnow koods.
mintheMay 6, 2008
I have no words to describe how deeply insulted I am to be a United States citizen at this exact moment in time. The "system" is obviously broken. Our current leaders have no concept of the needs or nature of the world they're colonizing. Honestly. How will an amusement park really help these people?
ruger11mcrdpiMay 6, 2008
But ALL the things I mentioned are in the UNITED STATES unless that doesn't mean anything anymore either. I guess a palace, a mall and several luxury hotels in Iraq mean more to you than fixing the infrastructure of this country we call home. I guess rebuilding America through state programs like the TVA wasn't under the federal gov's responisbility in the 1930s either, but we did it. And it worked. And I DO NOT agree with the patriot act or the protect america act if that's what you mean either. Domestic spying is way different than investing in our core.
bilabrinMay 6, 2008
You'll never work in government with that attitude!
cveluscMay 7, 2008
I concur that my lack of voicing concern in the past has enabled further squandering of our tax dollars. However, I am now contacting my representatives/senators and telling them my opinion. If they want my continued support then they better listen.
syroncodaMay 8, 2008
the highest station in the united states military... wants to build CONDOS and MALLS in somebody else's country. yeah thats not a crime. like germany invading poland?