Thread: IRAQ MUST DECIDE So Says The United States.....

Delay on Iraq decision threatens smooth withdrawal - Yahoo! News
AP – 7 mins ago....

On Monday Admiral Mike Mullins arrived in Iraq and told the Iraqis they Must make a Decision. This comes on the Heels of the Top Commander In Iraq stating that indecision of Iraq's part will Jeopardize a Smooth Withdrawal from their Country...

Also Al-Sadr and the Shia have been revving up the Shia population. IMO they already know the US is going to be staying and are prepared to come after us. Currently our troopers can no longer engage the enemy and must be fired up on first. This last month the violence and attacks have increased. Ramadan has started.....and we may see some sort of decrease in violence. But not the rhetoric of those that want us out. Also if the Shia begin going after us in Iraq, what will the rest of the Shia do in places like Bahrain, Yemen, and Oman? How many contractors still there? Is the The Largest Embassy in the World finished being built? Think we are going to pull the rest of our Troopers out? Note Mullins now comes after Panetta made his showing, less than two weeks ago. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Midwest Media Critic;1493572[B

Is the The Largest Embassy in the World finished being built?

That embassy was another major cluster fuck and waste of American tax payer dollars. Half a billion bucks?

http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/131069.pdf

In 2005, Congress authorized $592 million in emergency funding for the New
Embassy Compound (NEC) in Baghdad, Iraq, with the intent of having the construction
completed within 24 months of the project start date. This is the second
of two Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviews of contracts related to that
design and construction. In December 2008,1 OIG audited contract competition for
selected NEC contracts.
The current audit was conducted by OIG, with technical assistance provided by
a team of engineers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).2 OIG and
USACE (referred to collectively in this report as “we”) performed work in the Washington,
DC, area and traveled to Baghdad, Iraq, during October 2008.
We examined five contracts awarded to First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting
(First Kuwaiti) for about $470 million that were administered by the Emergency
Project Coordination Office (EPCO) during construction. EPCO was set up by
the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) to manage the project, and
it did not use established OBO resources. The primary objective of this audit was
to determine whether the NEC Baghdad met the approved contract requirements
for the construction of facilities and major components and systems and whether
EPCO required and implemented the appropriate quality control and commissioning
programs in accordance with established requirements

Originally Posted by Divine Wind

That embassy was another major cluster fuck and waste of American tax payer dollars. Half a billion bucks?

http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/131069.pdf

592 million.....and thats not counting the building of mulitple bases thru-out the region. The Electrical grid nor and military aid packages included. Yet it is clear that we are putting pressure on the Iraqis to make the decision to stay. Not tell us to stick with the agreed deadline, and pull all out. Except that small continecy force left to guard the Embassy.

All the more reason to question and learn from the reason why we went there in the first place.