Who will finish first?

Sure it has taken well over a century so far, so what’s another decade and a half?

Barcelona's emblematic Sagrada Família church finally has a completion date — 2026 or 2028, more than 140 years after it was started.

When they started Sagrada Familia there were no cars, the United States was led by President Chester “Mutton Chops” Arthur, and the war Europe was recovering from was the Franco-Prussian one, leaving France a few “Republics” short of the current model. So how many people think this will be done before we withdraw from Afghanistan and/or Iraq?

At least Barcelona will end up with something of value for a lot less money and blood.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]