[ex-Texan]

I beg to differ. Most likely the raid was carried out by Saddam's black shirted thugs disguised as "angry citizens." I believe the "mob" was acting under orders. We will get back some of the stolen treasures eventually.

But the damage has been done.

[Risa]

>>I beg to differ. Most likely the raid was carried out by Saddam's black shirted thugs disguised as "angry citizens." <<

I agree with your assessment. I recall reading somewhere that Saddam would snicker and deride the West's obsession with protecting the icons and structures of Iraq's past, which, to his mind, we held to be more valuable than human life.

Destroying those things he believes his enemies hold dear, (including Iraq's oil wells), is a way for the vanquished little man to lash out - kind of like a morbid, adolescent temper tantrum.
risa

[aquila48]

All this looting and vandalism of national institutions... it's very reminiscent of the way the Clintonians sacked the White House on their way out...