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- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+75Building the Imperial Headquarters is expensive work.
- thechr0nic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+42and to think there are people actually questioning our commitment to leave.
- acrodev, on 10/10/2007, -0/+25Wait til you see the estimate on Death Star One.
- ThinkBox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Anyone else feel like the colonial british right now?
- Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25My money is still on them not getting 5 years service out if it, especially if they make good on their plans to attack Iran.
At least it serves as focal point for the Iraqi people to unite against. I know if I were an Iraqi I wouldn't particularly want the Cheney-Wolfowitz boys' version of the Great Pyramid in my back yard. At least we now have the hope Iraq won't break up just yet - even if it is their own distaste for our occupation that unites them. - Babykitkat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21PHOTOS: U.S. Embassy In Iraq
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/29/photos-embassy ... - reeder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15Now with more slave labor!
- KhanneaSuntzu, on 10/10/2007, -9/+21Hahahaha dumb americans crack me up. Your are ruled by CONMEN and GANGSTERS *****. If you want that, sure, but STOP SADDLING UP THE REST OF THE WORLD WITH IT. At one point your filthy privatized blackwater bastards cause so much misery, the rest of the world will actually like it when a plane flies into your buildings every week.
- acrodev, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Don't think of it as an embassy, think of it more as a permanent presence.
- mb3581, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11thats about $2.45 from every man woman and child in the US. thats for ONE project. whats the tally of the war so far?
- subterfuge, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13no. we arent colonists. i believe you mean "imperial british."
- siszam, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12But the U.S. is still the last western nation without universal health care.
We are behind: India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Uruguay, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.......that's not the complete list. Even Mexico is working on universal care.
To look at the actions of our government the world must think we are all barbarians of the lowest form. All we do is spread hate and murder. - AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -0/+10Think of all the poor children's health care we could afford with that money.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10The US government should have used Osama Bin Laden's fathers construction company to do the work. I have found that it's better to work with contractors that you have used before.
- otakushark, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's one of the Seven Blunders of the World.
- watoowatooir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I expect bush to be US ambassador in Iraq after his presidency. since Saddam is gone they would need him over there
- quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10You would think slave labour would be cheaper now-a-days. i really hope the Iraqis learn a thing from their neighbors and take over this embassy and bring justice to the oppressors who have turned their country into a chaotic hellhole.
- HugoNaught, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Good thing its opening is delayed....think of all the salaries of the people that will fill it and the rest of the expenditures and nonsense that will be committed by virtue of its existence.
- praveens, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I'm sure many out there will view this as arrogance and maybe rightly so...occupying a nation and then building the worlds most expensive and biggest embassy is not a good message to send....radicals will most certainly be aggravated and riled up...there is a good article in the latest Foreign Policy magazine questioning how diplomacy can be conducted in a 104 acre compound with almost all amenities and 9ft high blast walls...
- pixelguru, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7It's so comforting to know that all of the taxes that I will pay over my lifetime will have paid for one toilet in the US (palace) embassy in iraq.
- zebbie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Between that and the permanent military bases being built in Iraq it's almost like "yeah we are going to leave as soon as democracy is restored" is a big lie. Who woulda thunk it?
- PommyBrit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7How are they getting away with building something like this in someone else's country?
- londubh, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Look at it this way. Since the US Dollar is on par with the Canadian Dollar, 700 million in 2007 dollars is like 500 million 1999 US Dollars. So it's not really that expensive now isn't it?
- pcrepairshop, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7We just built a $736 Million bullseye for the Iraqi's who hate America to target.
- LuaPron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6careful, thats 3/4 billion dollars of fiscal responsibility there.
- jdavid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6for as much as the iraq war cost us we could have gone to mars ;-(
- albinorhino101, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6too bad we can't just say ***** it and give every American 2.5 million from this instead
- supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6***** free healthcare when you can have a huge Empire base in Iraq!!! YAY!!
I wonder which Iraqi faction will use it as their base once the US is forced out of Iraq. Thanks USA they will say as they swim in the pool.
Impeach. Imprison. - vypergts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5That's no embassy. It's a space station...
- Loonacy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Ha. Ha ha ha. Hahahahaha. Ha. Oh, that was good.
- cricketsoda, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9hmm...sounds like some contractors got out of hand...a big problem is the fact that the lowest bid wins most of the time for projects like this, so contractors bid way under actual cost to win the contract. Then they don't have the resources to get the job done right, and the process ends up costing a lot more.
- HanSolo69, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6wow. i would expect it to be in the billions.
- Caffeinate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4They actually have cost-plus contracts, which encourage them to spend as much as they can. It is a mind-boggling concept that our government would have an incentive to waste money. $100 + 1.5% = 1.50 profit $200 + 1.5% = 3.00 profit.
Absolutely frightening concept, and why it is happening with our tax money is another example of our government's mismanagement of tax dollars.
The police building we built for 123 million is now uninhabitable. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4PS: They attacked you before for no real reason at all. Just imagine what they're going to do now you killed their family and friends.
I hope that UK troops are completely withdrawn soon. - LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Well, Any Real Estate Agent will tell you the three factors that set the price of your property:
'' Location ! Location ! Location ! '' - LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Mr. Bush can apply 'Texas Law' to Iraq - just ask all the prisoners Bush dealt with, oops - they were all executed.
- stealthc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4They should just stop building now. It's just going to get looted when Ron Paul wins the election and all the troops go home.
- quaxon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5hopefully one of those Iranian rockets bush and israel have been clamoring about finds its way over there.
- Caffeinate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Because our government is working out so incredibly well for everyone right now. I'm so pleased we have this instead of that dirty socialist money for poor kids in our own country.
- Richandler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Another example of why we need to get our money away from the federal reserve. It's all debt money. We won't even start to pay for this for years, but we will be forced to pay.
- Grumps, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Embassy? More like a territory for USA. It should include a airbase, military camp and everything else then to be named "Embassy Compound"
- arekkusu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Why do they need a pool ? It's ridiculous.
- locojones, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Let's not forget that while the diplomats will be lobbing tennis balls and lounging by the pool, most of the metro areas in Baghdad don't have potable water and rely on spurts of electricity throughout the day.
- Onetrack, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Bloody good point.
2.5 mill for everyone in the USA.. abolish the lower and middle class - everyone is even. - chase001, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Looks like Nero's Golden Palace.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Where is the stable for fresh, young boys?
When you have all the money and power you need all that can satisfy is warm, young flesh - so much flesh. - Albionshores, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Permanent occupation.
- LeeSoong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"Witness the Power of this fully Operational 'Embassy' " - BBBBZZZZZTT ! Ha ha ha ha ha!
- Caffeinate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I'm so relieved that we are building an embassy with a pool and tennis courts in Iraq, instead of funding health care for those poor children in our own country. That clearly shows that our current administration has the right priorities.
- youareretarded, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Since when has this administration ever cared about sending a good message?
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