Yep, we aren't empire builders...

[Grizalltheway]

This thing will no doubt stand as a reminder of Bush's miserable failure of a presidency for centuries to come. smfh.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,476464,00.html

[Gil Dobie]

It's Obama's choice what to do with it after we pull out in 17 months, as promised.

[houndawg]

This thing will no doubt stand as a reminder of Bush's miserable failure of a presidency for centuries to come. smfh.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,476464,00.html

Welcome to our embassy, firebase Baghdad, built for sustained combat as a gesture to the US/Iraqi brotherhood of love, trust, and understanding.

[ASUMountaineer]

What's amazing is we built an embassy with 21 buildings (including shopping, a cinema, water treatment plant, etc) that is bigger than the UN compound for $700 million, but the Yankees built a stadium that was $1 billion. I guess, for once, the government was more efficient than private industry...or the Yankees still suck. (I vote the latter )