"Its a matter of priorities," oil or 7,000 year old Sumerian
artifacts. "We could never guarantee the safety of a
single building." Besides "Allowing them to loot, let off
steam. Stuff Happens!"
"A free Iraq can be an example of progress to all the Middle East."
-George W. Bush, who has more experience with dunce caps than cuneiforms.
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The Joint Chief's gave more importance to securing the Iraqi Oil Ministry
than preventing the theft and destruction of priceless
cultural treasures.
"The Defense Department leaves decisions, such as providing protection
of the most important antiquity
repositories, to commanders on the scene." All of whom are recognized
cultural arbiters.
Even though we can't find Saddam Hussein's tiny wiener, and it may have
been hyperbole that it was a weapon of mass destruction (WMD), its important
to note, "a month ago Iraq was a prison. Today the Iraqi people are
regaining control of their own destiny." We have enabled them to
loot and burn their heritage.
As President Bush states, "these are good days in the history of
freedom."
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