>>> The State Department will be responsible for security.
Try 10,000 contractors from Blackwater. Our substitute under the radar army.
Blackwater? LOL; I think you mean Xe Services LLC.
It won’t be Blackwater. And I would prefer by far US military protection—cheaper and better. There will be some thorny questions as to what kind of immunity will be extended to these security forces. And you can bet that Iran will be working with Iraqi dissidents to perform acts of terrorism against our personnel and facililties. As a former diplomat, I would not want to be assigned to our Embassy under these conditions. It is going to be a nightmare.