xexon | 25 April, 2006 05:30
Everytime I hear a story like this involving taxpayer money, I have to wonder..."now what"?
A good example of a boondoggle (don't be lazy, look it up) is this new US embassy being built in Baghdad. Who are we fooling here? This is no embassy. Its a fortress. A mighty expensive one at that. With a projected cost of around $600,000,000+. This another bleeding ulcer we don't need.
What qualifies it as a boondoggle is the fact that we will never be allowed to keep it.
As Iraq continues to slide into civil war, its a forgone conclusion that we will pack up and leave just like we did in Vietnam. That means leaving this project to whoever can claim it. Worst case scenario is it will be completed, with the usual costs overuns, moved into, and then abandoned because the area gets so "hot" it can no longer be inhabited by US personnel.
And something else bothers me.
When it does get moved into, it will be an oasis compared to the surrounding city. The people of Baghdad will continue to live their lives in poverty and hardship, while behind the walls of this exclusive, gated community, the US personnel have all the best that western civilization and money can buy. Thats just wrong.
Whatever happened to reconstruction?
Easy answer. There is no reconstruction. There is however, pacification. We give the Iraqi people just enough to keep them wanting more. Its an old trick from days gone by. Empires. You keep your occupied country weak, but not starving, so they can't rise up against you. There are alot of good people working in Iraq for the betterment of the Iraqi people, and this should not be discounted. But there are other forces at work who's job it is to control and command. They have an agenda. Straight from Washington.
Our occupation of Iraq is unraveling like an old sweater.
We should leave the people of Iraq to sort out their own problems, giving humanitarian help where we can. We are, after all, infidels on Muslim soil. That is not going to change by building that godawful embassy in hopes of crushing the opposition.
Truth be known, that embassy will have very few diplomats in it. They will be outnumbered 10:1 by military and intelligence people.
So, let's call it what it is, a base to influence the affairs of the whole Middle East.
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