US Embassy in Iraq - DISCLOSED!

Get a clue.

Ok, so everyone's up in arms about the uber OIL embassy in Iraq - the ONLY reason we're there - because the designs being made available on the architect's site.

Berger, Divine, and Yaeger's site was down because of this faux pas. Here's a link to the images from Norwegainity. Whatever. The scandal here is that this fortress, er, embassy - the largest US embassy in the WORLD- is all about protecting the oil interests of the US based multinational oil companies, and the Bush, Cheney, Rice cabal. Is this a bad thing? Not if you're in the oil business. Or a contractor.

But if you're a hapless US army guy or a US Marine, it bites. What are they doing all day every day? Protecting the highway from the Baghdad airport into Baghdad. Why? The supply lines that feed the embassy project are running 24/7 on that highway. The surge? Need more people to protect the building of the embassy and getting the oil fields ready to pump once Bush is out of office. Duh.

Army to Apologize

Who's apologizing now?

The US Army, for sending out recruiting letters to dead soldiers. Geez, if they can't get this right, how can we trust they'll be able to turn the Iraq war around? Could you imagine being a parent or a spouse and receiving this? Insult to injury.

CNN The Army said Friday it would apologize to the families of about 275 officers killed or wounded in action who were mistakenly sent letters urging them to return to active duty. The letters were sent a few days after Christmas to more than 5,100 Army officers who had recently left the service. Included were letters to about 75 officers killed in action and about 200 wounded in action.

"Army personnel officials are contacting those officers' families now to personally apologize for erroneously sending the letters," the Army said in a brief news release issued Friday night.