[YOMO]

deputy director Nabhal Amin blamed U.S. troops, who have controlled Baghdad since the collapse of President Saddam Hussein's rule on Wednesday, for failing to heed appeals from museum staff to protect it from looters who moved in to the building on Friday. "The Americans were supposed to protect the museum. If they had just one tank and two soldiers nothing like this would have happened," she said. "I hold the American troops responsible for what happened to this museum." .................................
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Lady, lighten up already. Our troops are fighting a war and watching for Crazies trying to kill them. While it is indeed unfortunate that your stuff was looted and the losses are in the Billions, it is not worth the loss of a single US Military person. We are taking over the Government, feeding the people, restoring electricity, water, supplying hospitals, and other work that keeps people alive.

[Theresa]

"While it is indeed unfortunate that your stuff was looted and the losses are in the Billions, it is not worth the loss of a single US Military person."

It it doubtful that sending over a tank and a few soldiers would have put the whole war in jeopardy. They should have planned to guard this museum from the get go. This is a loss of the culture and history of the people of Iraq and of the world. Don't try to gloss it over. We screwed up.