Want tourists, build a ferris wheel...so says iraq?
It appears the "Surge" worked. The government in Baghdad is so confident in their security measures, they are taking bids on the construction of the world's largest Ferris wheel.
The Guardian is reporting "Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad - the latest in a string of lavish proposals to show the capital as a leisure friendly city.
The Ferris wheel will be about 200 meters (650 feet) high with air-conditioned compartments that would each carry up to 30 passengers, Adel al-Ardawi, a media official with Baghdad's municipality, said yesterday."
In a situation where Baghdad is lucky to have 2 hours of electricity a day, a Ferris wheel is clearly the strategy to take. What of the over 4 million refugees who fled Baghdad on the outset of the war who now cannot come back? Or the fact that the peace is being held together by Iran's influence, something not necessarily welcomed by the US. Quite refreshing to see Iraq is using their 70 billion surplus wisely.
How unfortunate that the forces involved in this war now feel it is better to win the PR war rather than truly make head way with real progress. One can only wonder when/if itravel2000 will be selling a package to this sunny destination.
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