Bush Wants Hussein's "Republican Palace"

The Bush Administration continues its tone deaf ways in Iraq. Apparently, the White House wants to take over Saddam Hussein's marble-tiled Republican Palace (love the name!) as an extension for what the New York Times terms its "vast new embassy." The new Iraqi President is saying hands off. Why the US would want to ensconce itself in a symbol of Saddam Hussein's hated reign is beyond me. But these are the same people who tortured and reportedly killed prisoners in Saddam's despised and feared prison and even stupidly broadcast its propoganda on the same TV channel that Saddam reserved solely for his own absurd lies -- making it all too easy for Iraqis to dismiss Bush as insincere and full of lies.