The $700 million U.S. "embassy" in Baghdad is already a boondoggle. There aren't enough "fortified living quarters for hundreds of diplomats and other workers, who must remain temporarily in trailers without special rooftop protection against mortars and rockets." Staffers have been sleeping on cots in Saddam Hussein's former palace, which appropriately serves as the current embassy, instead of in their trailers. Then again, since we've been told over and over again that the surge is working, what's the fuss? These people ought to be able to sleep under the stars without the slightest bit of fear.
