[kalt]

In an Albert Speer kind of way.

I wouldn't even go that far. They were ostentatious and culturally irrelevant. But the Museum was not. As I said before, though, I'd like to hear our side of the story before reaching any conclusions about the fate of the Museum and its artifacts.

[omniscient]

I think he was referring to Saddam's culturally irrelevant palaces rather than the Museum.