$8 MILLION Dollar Mess Hall in Mosul is Now Open! The US is Staying!

[leftchick]

More Proof that the US intends to stay in Iraq for a very long time. No expense was spared for this "Dining Facility"....

http://www.thenewstribune.com/front/topphoto/story/4886168p-4479737c.html

Four-star chow hall

MATT MISTEREK; The News Tribune
Last updated: May 23rd, 2005 07:50 AM



MOSUL, Iraq – The tile floors and marble-pattern tables and chairs gleam with a shade of white seldom seen at this dust-choked U.S. Army base. Filipino workers in tuxedo vests and matching ties keep the food stations heaped with fresh fruit and salads; others distribute gourmet-looking desserts from a well-stocked glass case.
A gold-rimmed decanter and decorative wine glasses rest atop a faux brick fireplace, while the sound system plays Billy Joel’s “Only the Good Die Young.”

The words “chow hall” hardly seem to fit what military contractors have built in the middle of Forward Operating Base Marez, the most populous Army post in Mosul and home to thousands of Fort Lewis troops.

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The chow hall opened for dinner May 1 with a spare-no-expense menu that included lobster, steak, shrimp and Baskin-Robbins ice cream. Some soldiers immediately missed the TV sets that were destroyed in the explosion, but Froehlich said 10 new plasma screens are on the way.




PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE
In the new $8 million dining facility on Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Army Sgt. Michael Boutte of the 73rd Engineer Company heads for a table. Boutte works within the Stryker brigade based out of Fort Lewis, which is currently deployed at Marez and at other bases around Mosul.

[rodeodance]

1. maybe this is where the 8 m went???

.....In the new $8 million dining facility on Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq, Army Sgt. Michael Boutte of the 73rd Engineer Company heads for a table. Boutte works within the Stryker brigade based out of Fort Lewis, which is currently deployed at Marez and at other bases around Mosul.

[ClintonTyree]

2. I wish I could afford stuff like that......

but I'm not on bush's A list or fighting for "his" oil. I remember when the Armed Forces was a rather spartan, utilitarian group. I guess the country club atmosphere is an attempt to take the soldiers minds off the carnage and the daily lies they hear about them "winning" this war. There are more than a few WWII veterans that would probably take exception with this coddling of our soldiers.
A more utilitarian facility could have been built for a small percentage of that cost, but bush us sparing no expense to see that Halliburton etc. are going to loot as much money from the Treasury as possible. And in the end, the place will be abandoned and turned into an Al Qaeda home for wounded "insurgents".
What a wonderful way to waste the taxpayers' dollars. Dining in luxury in the biggest shithole on earth.

[wakeme2008]

3. Sounds like a nice LARGE target

for mortars. IMH - Vetnam Vet's opinion......

[Todd B]

4. Iraq is doing so well that we can spend 8 million on a mess hall?

I mean, who'd of thought that we would actually spend the money on, oh I dunno, rebuilding the country that we destroyed with bombs? Or, perhaps, building homes and dining areas in the US to help the thousands of homeless people here?

I mean, because spending 8 million dollars on a mess hall will certainly end our occupation and get the troops home sooner.

[Disturbed]

5. In the meantime..

Iraqi children are dying from cholera from foul drinking water. Values of the Bush Regime.

[rodeodance]

6. consumption---we export it