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Old 07-22-2009, 04:00 PM
 
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the government's largest overseas diplomatic mission, is significantly overstaffed and needs to be downsized to reflect the reduced American role in the country, according to a new State Department report.

Report: Big cuts needed at huge Baghdad embassy that Bush built | McClatchy

Bet the neoCONS are crying foul... I always was suspicious on the reasoning why Bush built this mammoth Embassy in Iraq unless for greedy reasons as the neoCONS are known for. Kind of reminds me of a Mega Church...
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Old 07-22-2009, 05:31 PM
 
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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The size of the thing is stupid. They need to raze about 80% of it and make it fit in with the other emabassies there.
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Old 07-22-2009, 06:20 PM
 
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Embassy in Iraq, the government's largest overseas diplomatic mission, is significantly overstaffed and needs to be downsized to reflect the reduced American role in the country, according to a new State Department report.

Report: Big cuts needed at huge Baghdad embassy that Bush built | McClatchy

Bet the neoCONS are crying foul... I always was suspicious on the reasoning why Bush built this mammoth Embassy in Iraq unless for greedy reasons as the neoCONS are known for. Kind of reminds me of a Mega Church...
What a collosal waste of money, let alone the erosion of diplomatic efforts building such a Palace constituted.
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Old 07-22-2009, 06:22 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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What a collosal waste of money, let alone the erosion of diplomatic efforts building such a Palace constituted.
more of a waste of money than cap and trade (1 trillion),
the porkulus package (800 billion)
or obama's healthcare bill (1.5 trillion)???
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Old 07-22-2009, 06:25 PM
 
Location: I currently exist only in a state of mind. one too complex for geographic location.
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see what liberal nation building attitudes lead to? pathetic.
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Old 07-22-2009, 06:39 PM
 
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more of a waste of money than cap and trade (1 trillion),
the porkulus package (800 billion)
or obama's healthcare bill (1.5 trillion)???
Firstly, you make the msitake that I am a lib.

Secondly, BHO's StimBill didn't cost us much mroe than Bush43's StimBioll, or ahve you forgotten already.

Thirdly, what rational (or at least pretend to be rational)explination could there be to spend billions on an embassy, especially when our soldiers need armor, food and weapons?
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