Is the mega fortress US embassy in Iraq justified?

Yes

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  by Steven Groetken

  I have spent 15 months in Iraq on deployment and I have seen the devastation that happens on a day to day basis. It is a complex situation where there are hardly any black and ...read more

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  by Joseph Whalen

  The dramatic carrier landing by our Chief Executive on the Aircraft Carrier Lincoln on May 2nd, 2003 followed shortly thereafter by a rousing speech set on the deck of the aircr...read more

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  by Justin Patterson

  See the devastation on car bomb can do and you will never deny that anything short of a super-fortress on the hill is needed to keep our diplomats in Iraq in safety. It's not mo...read more

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  by Gary C. Gibson

  The American Embassy in Iraq must be stout to survive the prolific Muslim self-terminator bombings that assail non-Muslim powers. The field of plastic explosives has advanced a ...read more

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  by Miles R. Hoffman

  We are involved in a very difficult situation in the country called Iraq. Or might you say as I am beginning feel deep down inside, that we are more and more involved in a rel...read more

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  by Jeremy Riley

  YES! a mega embassy can be and is justifiable. The Iraqi government has given us the land to build upon because they are our friends. They have given this land to us so that ...read more

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  by Ted Sherman

  Let's put it this way. If you or a loved one was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in beautiful, downtown Baghdad today, would you want it to be protected as securely as possible? D...read more

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  by Bill Reid

  We are in Iraq to stay. Period. I don't think it was a coincidence that the SECOND largest oil reserve had just been discovered underneath the Iraqi sands while the world's larg...read more

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  by Donald Hutchinson Jr.

  Al Qaeda is in Iraq trying to kill any American they can find, mortar shells are lobbed into the Green Zone daily, sectarian violence can erupt at any time and spill over to har...read more

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  by Matthew Mcguire

  Why wouldn't there be a U.S. Embassy in Iraq? The United States has American Embassies in every country that we don't have a foolish trade embargo on, so why wouldn't we pu...read more

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  by Sarah Current

  I believe that a U.S. Embassy in Iraq is justified because even though it might make our enemies more angry it will show the weak Iraqi government that we are in Iraq to stay as...read more

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  by Joel Stottlemire

  The key here is to understand that we don't need a mega embassy anywhere in the world. With today's technologies, the most staff we would need anywhere is a few hundred. With ...read more

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  by Ed Duncan

  After World War II, the United States built and maintains a military base in Germany. That part of the world is, and continues to be relatively at peace and democratically rule...read more

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  by David Bone

  I'm not a very political person. As a matter of fact I can't stand politics and hit the mute button whenever the news is on. On this point however, I think that an American emba...read more

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  by Ron Oetting

  In the petty minds of an incompetent administration, a "mega-embassy" in Iraq is completely justified for numerous reasons. We must recognize, first of all, the real reasons why...read more

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  by Behnam

  Everything has a price and world peace has its price too. Facts have had their filtering by the State Department. I rather spend the money and resources developing confidence an...read more

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