Photos of the US Embassy in Baghdad, a city of 20,000

[midnight rambler]

The Christmas tree decoration made out of concertina wire is a nice touch.

http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20111214&t=2&i=546752498&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=700&pl=390&r=2011-12-14T154523Z_01_GM1E7CE1J3M01_RTRRPP_0_IRAQ-WITHDRAWAL

[midnight rambler]

Why the Hell is world's largest embassy necessary there?? What's the fucking point??

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2V8ES#a=4

[keehah]

A Vatican sized city.
But Rome 2's Vatican is DC.
So a Crusader's Outpost.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Barack Obama marks end of Iraq war, telling troops 'Welcome Home' (http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2011/12/barack-obama-marks-end-of-iraq-war.html)

President Barack Obama marked the end of America's military involvement in Iraq with two simple words for his country's troops: "Welcome Home".

Addressing soldiers in an aircraft hangar at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, he conspicuously avoided the triumphant style of his predecessor George W Bush who launched the war in March 2003 and declared Mission Accomplished just weeks later.

He instead sought to soothe the doubts of a nation about the worthiness of a war that has claimed 4,484 American lives and left an Iraq that some critics warn will become a client state of Iran.

"Iraq is not a perfect place but we are leaving a sovereign, stable and self-reliant country with a representative government elected by its people," he said.

"This is an extraordinary achievement and today we remember everything you did to make it possible. Years from now your legacy will endure...

One Iraqi official asked: "Is this going to work? We don't know. The situation is tense and its fragile. US officials say this is the beginning of a new chapter and deeper ties which his great, but practically speaking, we are not quite sure how this is going to work."

[Golden]

Ask the ambassador.

[iOWNme]

Why the Hell is world's largest embassy necessary there?? What's the fucking point??

http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2V8ES#a=4


The point is to control world resources, which in turn means you control the very lives and destiny of the people of this planet.

[Twisted Titan]

Because we are never leaving......

This withdrawl is in name only