[wideawake]

Of course, if the Marines had stopped to put out the fire, Fisk's column would be: "American troops, obsessed with material things like valuable historical documents which would probably fetch a handsome sum at Sotheby's, ignored the human suffering of the people of Baghdad while they spent precious time and water in recovering mere objects."

[amused]

Of course, if the Marines had stopped to put out the fire, Fisk's column would be: "American troops, obsessed with material things like valuable historical documents which would probably fetch a handsome sum at Sotheby's, ignored the human suffering of the people of Baghdad while they spent precious time and water in recovering mere objects."

Bingo! He doesn't care about anything or anyone as long as he gets a story and the story paints the United States in a poor light.