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It's a symbol, but also a symptom. The idea is we're losing badly but we'll need a reason to stay even if the Democratic President is successful in a full troop withdrawal. This is the size of the Vatican and is probably an excellent place to defend from a military standpoint. This is the little piece of America in the Middle East; a symbol representing the fact that we won't be leaving any time soon. It's also another symptom of what roach was describing in the Impeach Dick Cheney thread. This is the feather in the cap that was our dominance over Saddam. It a Costco sized embassy right in one of the best locations, on the Tigris.
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