Empire Wants "High End Buffer" From The Wogs In Baghdad Fantasy World
US-backed plan sees shiny future for Green Zone in Iraq
"BAGHDAD - Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center and even condos in the heart of Baghdad.
That's all part of a five-year development "dream list" — or what some dub an improbable fantasy — to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece for Baghdad's future.
For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated over the next year.
"When you have $1 billion hanging out there and 1,000 employees lying around, you kind of want to know who your neighbors are."
Iraqis see more nice, fat targets.
posted by nolocontendere at 9:40 PM
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"For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated over the next year."
A billion? A paltry-ass BILLION? That's LESS THAN THREE DAYS' worth of the war - the AP story I read a couple of weeks back put the current cost at $12,000,000,000 a month, or $400,000,000 a day... do the math: see? less than three days' worth.
Now... if they could just BUILD the )(*#$ thing in three days... or even hold the cost to less than a thousand percent overrun...
Dream On - Tex Long
I'd be surprised if any of the dollar figures we're handed have any basis in reality.
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