So in essence, you have absolutely nothing to say, since we know that (1) There are no warmongering NeoCons wasting US Tax Dollars; and (2) There are no Christian Zionists.....No such animal; other than a small derelict group of Jehovah's and other wackos who subscribe to the belief that there must be an "ingathering of Jews" formulated in Israel, in order for the Second Coming of Christ.
On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 11:35 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > nothing ... but it has a lot to do with more US tax dollars wasted on the > middle east by warmongering neocons and zionists. > > On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:35:14 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> What does this have to do with kissing American Patriots? >> >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:30 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> The *Embassy of the United States of America in Baghdad* is the diplomatic >>> mission <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomatic_mission> of United >>> States of America <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States> in >>> theRepublic >>> of Iraq <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq>. At 104 acres (42 ha), it >>> is the largest and most expensive embassy in the world, and is nearly as >>> large asVatican City <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City>.[1] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-1> >>> Ambassador Robert S. Beecroft >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_S._Beecroft> is currently the Chief >>> of Mission <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_Mission>. >>> >>> The embassy complex employs 15,000 people and cost $750 million to >>> build. The Embassy opened in January 2009 following a series of >>> construction delays. It replaced the previous embassy, which opened July 1, >>> 2004 in Baghdad's Green Zone <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Zone> in >>> a former Palace <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Palace> of Saddam >>> Hussein <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein>.[2] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BBC1-2> >>> >>> The embassy is a permanent structure which has provided a new base for >>> the 5,500 Americans currently living and working in Baghdad. During >>> construction, the US government kept many aspects of the project under >>> wraps, with many details released only in a U.S. Senate >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Senate>Foreign Relations Committee >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations> >>> report.[8] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-MSNBC-cloaked-8> >>> Apart >>> from the 1,000 regular employees, up to 3,000 additional staff members have >>> been hired, including security personnel. >>> >>> With construction beginning in mid-2005, the original target completion >>> date was September 2007. "A week after submitting his FY2006 budget to >>> Congress, the President sent Congress an FY2005 emergency supplemental >>> funding request. Included in the supplemental is more than $1.3 billion for >>> the embassy in Iraq ..." An emergency supplemental appropriation (H.R. >>> 1268/P.L. 109-13), which included $592 million for embassy construction, >>> was signed into law on May 11, 2005. According to the Department of State, >>> this funding was all that was needed for construction of the U.S. Embassy >>> in Baghdad.[9] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-CRS2-9> >>> However, >>> Walter Pincus of the Washington Post found that the new embassy had cost >>> more than $700 million by 2012,[10] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-Pincus-10> >>> and >>> Business Insider reported in 2013 that the cost of the embassy had >>> surpassed $750 million.[11] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BI1-11> >>> The >>> Obama administration requested more than $100 million for a "massive" >>> upgrade to the embassy compound in 2012.[12] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-BI2-12> >>> As >>> of 2006, construction was being led by the Kuwaiti >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait> firm First Kuwaiti Trading & >>> Contracting >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Kuwaiti_Trading_%26_Contracting>, >>> [13] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-USA_TODAY-13> >>> [14] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-The_Daily_Telegraph-14> >>> [15] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-CorpWatch-15> >>> >>> The embassy has extensive housing and infrastructure >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure> facilities in addition to >>> the usual diplomatic buildings. The buildings include:[8] >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Baghdad#cite_note-MSNBC-cloaked-8> >>> >>> - Six apartment buildings for employees >>> - Water and waste treatment facilities >>> - A power station >>> - Two "major diplomatic office buildings" >>> - Recreation, including a gym, cinema, several tennis courts and an >>> Olympic-size >>> swimming pool >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic-size_swimming_pool> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. 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