Babylon site... Its just old rocks for Pete's sake.
Hmm.. lets see Babylon was founded at least 6 or 7 thousand years ago. Sacked and destroyed probably more than ten times. Partially restored by Alexander the Great, who dies there, 323. 312--Seleucus, one of Alexander's generals, becomes king of an empire, including Babylon, and builds a new capital, Seleucia, so that Babylon decays. Left to go to dust until the 19th century.
Yeah, Then WE really did a number on it in GW's illegal Gulf war. PHAUGH!
Hmm.. lets see Babylon was founded at least 6 or 7 thousand years ago. Sacked and destroyed probably more than ten times. Partially restored by Alexander the Great, who dies there, 323. 312--Seleucus, one of Alexander's generals, becomes king of an empire, including Babylon, and builds a new capital, Seleucia, so that Babylon decays. Left to go to dust until the 19th century.
Yeah, Then WE really did a number on it in GW's illegal Gulf war. PHAUGH!
I'm sick and tired of our soldiers' lives being threatened to save a bunch of freakin' rocks! This is a war, and tactical considerations come first. Look, we had to destroy the 500 year old monastery at Cassino in 1944, because it was holding up our liberation of Italy. This Babylon nonsense is no different. You can't live in the past, and the U.S. Army cannot let a bunch of pointy heads get good men killed for the sake of intellectual gibberish.
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