Iraq

Will the embassy have a Starbucks?

As part of an additional $80 billion requested for Iraq, Mr. Bush has requested $1.5 billion for the U.S. embassy construction in Baghdad. Full story.

Just some perspective on $1.5 billion by way of Atrios... The projected price tag for the new World Trade Center "Liberty Towers" is $1.5 billion.

Now that there's this rad embassy going up, how's about an exit strategy?