America’s Mini-City on the Tigris
by Jason Ditz,
December 16, 2011
The subject of considerable discussion throughout the construction process, al-Jazeera English now has a feature on the seat of America’s “post-occupation” presence in Iraq, the massive, city-sized embassy along the Tigris River bank.
With a massive State Department contingent and a private army of military contractors, the compound will cost billions of dollars annually and will be the most visible American attempt to buy “influence” as well as impose its will on Iraq.
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MoT
December 17th, 2011 at 8:31 am
When I first told people in my office, oh so many years ago, about this monstrosity, they looked at me as though I had a third eye! It was simply unbelievable. And all the more so because our poodle press said absolutely nothing about it. You had to say to yourself, "Just who in their right mind builds the biggest most expensive embassy in the most dangerous city on the planet unless they plan never to leave?" The building is an evil abomination and paints the obvious picture: that America runs the show… peasants.