[kalt]

I wonder what our side of the story is--why we didn't patrol the museum. Of course, this is a Reuters story, so I'm not surprised that we are left to guess what our side of the story might be.

[atomic conspiracy]

Ever since Gulf War 1, the totalitarian-left dominated Cultural Anthropology establishment in the United States has cited possible damage to antiquities as a reason for avoiding any kind of decisive action against the Saddam regime. This has been a regular and very shrill theme in Archeology magazine and many others. Given that background, and with Al Reuters as the source, I think a healthy dose of skepticism is called for here.

[WOSG]

Saddam Fedayeen killed a marine guarding a hospital yesterday ... we cant win.

What we need are a LOT of MPs, troops on the ground *and* local Iraqi policement to get a hold of the situation. It's unfair to blame the Americans alone, I dont see any Americans looting, it's Baghdad residents ... but we will get blamed for things when life goes imperfectly.