Is the mega fortress US embassy in Iraq justified?

No

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by Robert C. Sage

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The mega fortress US embassy in Baghdad is an attempt to send the message that the conquerers are there to stay. Already, the Iraqi government leadership is beholden to America for financing and security. Even the Iraqi seat of government is located within the confines of the secure American "Green Zone" in the heart of Baghdad. The mega embassy is a symbol to all Iraqis that America intends to continue to "call the shots" in their country: that is why it is so large and ostentatious. Make no mistake about the intent of the American neo-cons.

Obviously, there is a well documented divide between the great majority of the people of Iraq and their American occupiers. Poll after poll has documented that most Iraqis want the Americans to leave. Ironically, a great majority of Americans also want our troops to leave. However, the hijacking of the American governmental apparatus by the neo-cons and their Zionist allies has continued to keep America in a futile and misguided struggle to control modern Babylonia. This has resulted in safety concerns making it imprudent for Americans to mix freely with Iraqis, so the mega US embassy only increases the separation between Iraq and America. It will likely become a target for opposition and terrorist attacks.

When complete, the mega embassy in Baghdad will be the largest US embassy in the world. Although the relationship between America and Iraq has grown substantially, since W's pre-emptive war was launched over 5 years ago, the social, political, economic and military relations do not represent the most important bilateral relationship for America. Why then should the Baghdad embassy be the largest and most expensive? It can only be an attempt by the neo-cons to impute that their strategy in Iraq will never be reversed.

Instead of showing Iraqis that America is concerned for their welfare, the mega embassy sends the message that the occupation is designed to be permanent for America's own reasons. It is an attempt to claim that America's resolve remains strong in the Iraq War, when the UK and others have announced plans to leave. In fact, most Americans want our involvement in Iraq to be ended sooner than later and the US government is simply out of step with its own citizens.

Ultimately, the mega US embassy may have a different purpose for Iraqis, once the American soldiers are pulled back. There is no reasonable justification for this imperialistic occupation on the other side of the world, so the mega embassy will become an embarrassment. It will become a monument to the wasteful way that hundreds of billions of dollars of US taxpayer funds have been squandered in Iraq for no identifiable benefit or purpose. When it comes to war and occupation, the mega embassy shows that American money continues to flow freely, without regard for public opinion in the US, in Iraq or almost anywhere else on earth.

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