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US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran
An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from a report at Al Jazeera "The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has launched a virtual embassy for Iran in what it said was a bid to promote dialogue with the Iranian people in the absence of formal diplomatic ties. The web-based embassy went online on Tuesday in English and Farsi, offering visitors what it described as 'another perspective' for Iranians who 'remain hungry for information about the United States.' 'This website is not a formal diplomatic mission, nor does it represent or describe a real U.S. embassy accredited to the Iranian government,' the U.S. state department said in an introductory note. 'But, in the absence of direct contact, it can work as a bridge between the American and Iranian people.'"
...but I play one on the web.
Also, President Michelle Bachmann has closed it.
I am officially gone from
Worse than that, Iranian hackers stormed the Virtual Embassy and took 52 user accounts hostage.
Obama is rumored to have ordered a strike team assembled from the top elite US Battlefield 2 soldiers, to stage a daring rescue in high-polygon-count Virtual Blackhawk helicopters.
"Slow down, Cowboy! It has been 3 years, 7 months and 26 days since you last successfully posted a comment."
In better future news, the US opens virtual embassies for all countries and dramatically reduces the number of bureaucrats taxpayers have to pay to sit in overseas offices.