[sauropod]

“Forfeiture of the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet demonstrates the Department’s continued commitment to eliminating smuggled cultural property from the U.S. art market,” said Polite.

No. It just demonstrates the thuggery of Guvmint with guns.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I don’t have a problem with returning ancient cultural artifacts to their homelands. Hopefully Iraq can keep it safe instead of letting Muslim fanatics destroy it.

[pepsi_junkie]

I think the looters of those Iraqi museums were about two steps ahead of the Muslim fanatics with hammers on their way to smash everything in them. So they were saved. Hopefully when they go back they will be properly protected from the nuts.

[atomic_dog]

It is a doctrine of the common law back to antiquity that you cannot perfect title to stolen property. I lost $600 to a shady dealer in FL who was selling stolen banknotes. Should have done their due diligence.

[Born to Conserve]

If it has no value, it will not be valued. The next time the lights go out in Iraq, the Dream Tablet will cease to be.

[Tucker39]

I think this is just more targeting of the Green family, Hobby Lobby and The Museum of The Bible....unless every hand which that article passed through forfeits the profit they made on it, including the auction house that sold it to the Greens forfeiting their commission.

[CaptainPhilFan]

And now what happens to the item? The thugs of the US Theft Patrol keep it or is it returned to Shitholistan for permanent destruction?

[zeugma]

The U.S. government is the biggest criminal in north america.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Make a copy of it! Then display the copy with the words...COPY OF THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH CONFISCATED FROM US BY THE US GOVERNMENT!