New U.S. Embassy in Iraq will cost $1.5 Billion...

[Stop_the_War]

here's the link:

http://doctormatt06.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/24/221438/166

[DalvaThree]

1. The largest embassy in the world too

[newyawker99]

11. Hi DalvaThree!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[merwin]

2. Oh, I thought it was 2 billion

Did they skimp on the statue of bush?

[seemslikeadream]

3. The country's diplomatic beachhead doesn't come cheaply

Browning estimated that it cost nearly half a billion dollars to keep the embassy operation going for the last six months of 2004.

http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5211053.html

[Solon]

4. How the hell is an embassy going to be that expensive...

Is it going to be an embassy, or a "Pentagon 2: the sequel!"?

[htuttle]

8. Although it's in one of Saddam's old palaces

I'd imagine they thought it just didn't have ENOUGH cheesy golden fixtures. They must be adding some gold tiles to the floor, too.

And breakfast nook. A nice, solid gold breakfast nook.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. That makes me want to..

:puke:
I can't help but think of all the education, healthcare, food, clothes, and other truly positive things that could have been accomplished with that money.

[OneBlueSky]

6. and for this we get????? . . .

hope at least everyone gets the t-shirt . . . as in "been there, done that, bought the t-shirt" . . .

[OneBlueSky]

7. ok . . . lemme see if I have this straight . . .

we invade the country and destroy all kinds of modern office buidings and even a few perfectly serviceable palaces . . . and then turn around and build a $1.5 billion embassy? . . . someone needs lessons in fiscal planning, at the very least . . .

[MichiganVote]

9. Oh good, we're spending more money in another area. How satisfying...not!

[MichiganVote]

10. So how long will it take terrorists to blow this one up?

[Cleita]

12. That's because it's really a military base installation under

the disguise of any embassy. They are planning to be in Iraq a long time unless we can get our emperor impeached sooner if not later.