worst : culture : U.S. BACKS $5 BILLION SCHEME FOR "DISNEYLAND" IN IRAQ [+] serious ballot by UncleRandy ACTIVE Wed May 14, 08 - Mon Feb 07, 11 Forget the rocket attacks, concrete blast walls and lack of a sewer system. Now try to imagine luxury hotels, a shopping center, and even condos in the heart of Baghdad. That's all part of a five-year development "dream list" or what some dub an improbable fantasy to transform the U.S.-protected Green Zone from a walled fortress into a centerpiece for Baghdad's future. But the $5 billion plan has the backing of the Pentagon, and apparently the interest of some deep pockets in the world of international hotels and development, the lead military liaison for the project said. For Washington, the driving motivation is to create a "zone of influence" around the new $700 million U.S. Embassy to serve as a kind of high-end buffer for the compound, whose total price tag will reach about $1 billion after all the workers and offices are relocated during the next year. Last week, a Los Angeles-based holding company for equity firms, C3, confirmed that it was starting a $500 million project to build an amusement park on the outskirts of the Green Zone in an area encompassing the Baghdad Zoo. The first phase, a skateboard park, is scheduled to open this summer. Developers are clearly looking many years ahead and gambling that Baghdad could one day join the list of former war zones, such as Sarajevo and Beirut, that have rebounded and earned big paydays for early investors. One diplomat, who asked not to be named in the absence of authorization to speak to the press, said they did not think Iraqis would want Washington to "turn this area into downtown Kansas City." How much have we spent? What do you think? They can turn it into a Army Base and call it Fort Goofy. I think I am going to puke. Will there going to be rest rooms or electricity to run it? Is this where the 3 trillion dollars went? Disneyland in Baghdad? This is one of the worst ideas I have of heard of. Bad Idea. Ballot #126723 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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