Just when you thought the US couldn't do more damage to the "freedom and democracy" brand, there is a new shocker. Ho-hum. So jaded I am that Yet Another Outrage(tm) just can't light me up...I'm already at full burn! Turns out that it appears that our palatial Superduper Mega Embassy of Peace and Freedom(tm) in Baghdad not only is riddled with false/faulty wiring (gasp!) but that it may well be being built with the labor-friendly practice of press gangs (otherwise known as "slave labor" or "forced labor").
This issue found mine eyes at Eschaton with a link to The Gavel House Speaker blog. It seems that one of the contractors, First Kuwaiti, loaded up a plane with workers and, after they were in the air, announced that they were going to Baghdad! Weeeee! A big "celebration" spontaneously broke out onboard with the men shouting and carrying-on. It took a First Kuwaiti security goon waving an MP5 auto around to get the "celebration" quieted down. Damnit boys, you ARE going to work on the US Embassy in Iraq and LIKE it!
I gotta tell you, I think that the Superduper Mega Embassy of Peace and Freedom(tm) is going to be a dream assignment! It will sit like a Pillar of Light for all of Iraq to see, a beacon to Liberty and Freedom. Kossacks, be proud. Be very very proud of your government and their yeoman's work in Iraq. Freedom is on the march!