
The Embassy is a reflection of the Green Zone, in that though it's still under siege by the fiends and chaos lurks outside it's gates. The first piece that really struck me that much of a inspiration came from current events was the inclusion of the NCR's center of operations and logistics comes out of Camp McCarran, which is almost a direct parallel to BIAP, going so far as having the airport virtually empty outside of military/government and contract personnel.

So after a few playthroughs of New Vegas I've found that the story seems to be more a parallel of the Second Iraq War (03-08), than being a spiritual successor to Van Buren(FO3).
