Did You Know - Embassy Screw-Up

If you enjoy the constant stream of articles in the news about the Bush administration screw-ups in virtually everything that they do, here's one you'll get a kick out of. Read the clip - it's just the opening of a well-written article on just how messed up things are in just one aspect of our mission in Iraq.

U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months
ahead.

A toughly worded cable sent from the embassy to State Department headquarters on May 29 highlights a cascade of building and safety blunders in a new facility to house the security guards protecting the embassy. The guards' base, which remains unopened today, is just a small part of a $592 million project to build the largest U.S. embassy in the world.

From the Washington Post