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I don’t know we need embassies in every country. Especially really small and unimportant ones. Whatever happened to sending envoys when they were needed, why do we need full-sized permanent diplomatic presence in so many countries?

Ok, but this isn't Bhutan! There were 150,000 American troops there not that long ago. The Embassy in Iraq is the largest US Embassy in the world. The Embassy sits in the middle of the "Green Zone" which was a large area walled off to prevent terrorist attacks. There are 15,000 employees in American Embassy in Iraq! That's a lot of helicopter rides!

Embassy of the United States, Bagdhad

29 posted on 06/24/2014 10:03:53 PM PDT by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)

We were engaged pretty heavily in Iraq, so I get we needed an embassy but that is mighty excessive

30 posted on 06/24/2014 10:50:17 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)

Putting 15 000 Americans in the middle of Arabia with the enemy undefeated was the very definition of insanity.

34 posted on 06/25/2014 1:55:04 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)

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