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pandagon.net - these things don't just blame themselves —
... It’s almost not-morning now, so I figure everyone’s stomachs are settled enough to read about our fancy new Death Star imperialist palace embassy in Iraq, which opens today. It cost $700 million, which the AP writer manages to minimize by calling it merely the “largest embassy ever”, which is similar in scope and accuracy to calling the blue whale the largest fish ever. For this blogger at least remembers the plans for the “embassy”, which seems less ...
US Inaugurates New Baghdad Embassy
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
The new US embassy in Iraq is a fitting symbol of Dubya's legacy. It's a $700 million white elephant built with corruption, graft and dodgy construction practises. Heavily fortified to show "how much Iraq has changed" (TM), it's ten times larger than any other American embassy in the world and six times larger than the UN complex in New York - fitting the lack of attention Bush aid to the rest of the world throughout the last eight years. It will persist as a massive reminder of an illegal invasion and occupation, even once that ...
US Inaugurates New Baghdad Embassy
At-Largely —
Posted By Cernig The new US embassy in Iraq is a fitting symbol of Dubya's legacy . It's a $700 million white elephant built with corruption, graft and dodgy construction practises . Heavily fortified to show "how much Iraq has changed" (TM), it's ten times larger than any other American embassy in the world and six times larger than the UN complex in New York - fitting the lack of attention Bush aid to the rest of the world throughout the last eight years. It will persist as a massive reminder of an illegal invasion and occupation, even once that occupation is ...
We Got Mail!
Little Green Footballs —
... Received this evening from a reader in Kuala Lumpur, who followed a link from the “Most Blogged” section of a Yahoo News article: ...
