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Enough with the insults.
There was no negligence by soldiers because they were not responsible - the looters were - and our military is not a police force and cannot be expected to create instant safety and happiness after 35 brutal years of dictatorship and grinding poverty and 20 days of violence and war; and the story needs investigation to see who really did the looting and how to get the stuff back. both are true.

I mourn the thefts, but not as much as I mourn the loss of 120 brave Americans who gave their lives so Iraq could be free and our nation could feel safer.

Jeez, seeing these anti-military whines over this event after the most succesful war in our lifetimes, it really proves the point: NO Good Deed Goes Unpunished.

Rumsfeld and Franks knew there would be looting after Saddam was taken out. They knew that the museum would be a target for looters, and they knew the treasure that it held. Regardless of the actions of the looters, the inaction of the upper echelons to have soldiers guard the absolutely irreplaceable artifacts of the museum is inexcuseable. These were not just fancy rocks, vases, and scribblings; these things embodied the history of civilization as we know it. Their importance transcended things political and military, and insults aside, I don't believe you have grasped that point.