Embassy Iraq: A gigantic tombstone

Today is officially the last day of the Iraq War and here is what we have in memorial:

At the State Department in Washington, Undersecretary for Management Pat Kennedy has been getting contracts and other logistics in order for the embassy.
Read more at:
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/18/143863722/with-huge-embassy-u-s-still-a-presence-in-iraq

And

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The fortress-like compound rising beside the Tigris River here will be the largest of its kind in the world, the size of Vatican City, with the population of a small town, its own defense force, self-contained power and water, and a precarious perch at the heart of Iraq’s turbulent future.
Read more at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12319798/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/new-us-embassy-iraq-cloaked-mystery/#.Tu34lvI0JC0

There will be big fancy shops and little boutiques; book stores, movie theaters, expensive hotels with lavish spars. There will be exquisite dinning restaurants, jewelry stores, swimming and golf; gracious accommodations for rich visitors and investors, for visiting dignitaries, their entourage and guest, all paid for and maintained by the U.S. State Department.

4,483 American soldiers. RIP. Sad.

As always
BB