Big change? Saddam Hussein built huge palaces. The U.S. will build the largest embassy in the world in Iraq.?

Question

It will cost over a billion dollars. It will be bigger and more palacial than anything Saddam conceived of. It will be built in Bagdad's Green Zone. School funding is a major concern where I live, but I am willing to sacrifice school budgets for a white elephant embassy extravaganza in a city where IED's is a cottage industry.

Actually, in Oregon a large part of our public school money does come from the federal government, such as the Title 1 program and other special programs.

Answer 1

*sigh* Ok two things......

We wonder why middle Easterners don't have an accurate impression of Americans, and then we do this? Hmmmmm. Maybe they DO have an accurate impression afterall.

Secondly, at least when we build something mammoth locally, it is put up for referendum. Did our lovely Senate give the go ahead for this??

All of a sudden I feel I lost my voice.

(p.s. I had no idea you were a teacher! Dang....do your students roll their eyes at your puns as much as mine do? haha)

Answer 2

Yeah, I guess they have gold taps and gold lavatory seats there, too, clone of Saddam. You people fairly amaze me that you quite imagine that our authorities is in any way like Hussein's. Did it ever take position to you that perchance, in basic terms possibly it should be properly fortified via terrorists that are nevertheless looming about and murdering thousands of innocents usual because you people gained't enable the protection rigidity do their jobs the way it should be executed and that perchance, in basic terms possibly fortification comes at a extreme dollar quantity. no longer fortifying it ought to come at an superior fee.

Answer 3

1 billion $ is too much for building a headquarter of this oil company(some body call it embassy?)

Answer 4

school budgets come from local taxes not from your Federal taxes so there is no connection.

Answer 5

nope, but Gush & company might built another pentagon.