Bush's real memorial: New embassy in Iraq Monumental testament to president's folly and failure

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It's a monumental testament to president's folly and failure
BOB RAY SANDERS
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A proposed half-billion-dollar library on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas is likely to house the official documents and memories of George W. Bush's presidency.

But it will be a $600 million building 8,000 miles away that will be the true symbol of the Bush legacy.

The new U.S. Embassy under construction in Iraq, which will be the largest in the world, will be a monumental memorial to the folly and failure of this president.

It will stand as a testament to the bad planning, miscalculations and overall ineptness of an administration that still finds it difficult to admit a mistake while American troops continue to die.

Ironically, the fortified compound being erected on 104 acres in Baghdad's so-called Green Zone is one of the few projects in Iraq that is being completed on schedule and under budget, according to a report by The Associated Press.

Scheduled to open in September -- the same month that Army Gen. David Petraeus is expected to give his assessment on the recent surge in troop deployment in the ravaged country -- the new embassy is supposed to house about 1,000 workers.