We aren't going anywhere-"US to spend 500 million on Kabul embassy"

[w8liftinglady]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101103/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusembassyexpansion
– Wed Nov 3, 12:17 pm ET
KABUL (AFP) – The United States is bolstering its presence in Afghanistan with a 500 million dollar expansion of its Kabul embassy and the construction of two consulates, it announced Wednesday.

Washington's Kabul embassy is already its biggest in the world, with about 1,100 employees, projected to rise to 1,200 by the end of the year, officials said.

Hundreds have arrived over the course of this year as part of a "civilian surge" bringing development experts into the country to compliment the military effort already in its 10th year.

The United States and NATO have 150,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban-led insurgency, following a military surge aimed at speeding an end to the war.

The embassy expansion contract was worth 511 million dollars and had been awarded under US law to an American company, Caddell Construction Inc., ambassador Karl Eikenberry said.

[hobbit709]

1. So we invade countries and build giant embassies there?

WTF!

[Turbineguy]

2. I guess now the Taliban

will have to keep shooting our Soldiers. After all, we wouldn't want to build such an expensive edifice for nothing?

[tanyev]

3. Oh, that's only 2 1/2 days of President Obama's India trip.

According to Michele Bachmann.

[blindpig]

4. I am so surprised......

Empire and Capitalism are joined at the hip.

[DirkGently]

5. Didn't we do the same thing in Iraq? Does kind of support the "Imperialism" argument.