Antiquities or children: Hugh Hewitt rips on Robert Scheer for contrived hysteria over looting

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[JohnHuang2]

Wednesday, April 16, 2003

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[JohnHuang2]

Hugh Hewitt MEGA PING!!

[Reagan Man]

Tim Russert pulled a liberal boner and was properly "Rummified".

OTOH, Robert Scheer has always been a total idiot and was true to form in this case.

Good job by Hewitt.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

Fox had a crawl running tonight-UK experts on the antiquities,who visited the Museum, believed that it was full of fakes and that the real treasures were removed long ago by Saddam.Can't wait to see the libs faces, when they realize they have been tearing their garments, over paper mache knock offs!!

[lonewacko_dot_com]

"Of course, it is a loss that the museum was ransacked. But the freeing of the people of Iraq was well worth that cost."

I guess that's what's called a false choice, right?

"And had the diversion of troops to protect government buildings, including museums, cost an additional soldier's or Marine's life, that would have been too high a price to pay."

Except, that's what we're supposed to do under international law. And, that's what we said we were going to do when we avoided firing on mosques, shrines, etc. etc.

[lawgirl]

Rummmified- I love it!

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Were the manuscripts from the burned library fake as well?

[nopardons]

It's now being said, that most of the items, that that museum held, were copies and that Saddam had spirited the originals away, long ago. The British Museum and the Met ( in Manhattan ), as well as other " safe havens " , have a great wealth of ancient artifacts from there. Our government is offerring monetary rewards for the handing over of whatever was taken ( IF the ordinary people even took anthing from there !) and so, this hysteria over stuff, is mostly just hyperventilating from lefties.

[Billthedrill]

So there I am in my imagination, talking to a feller from ancient Ur about it and he turns and sez to me "Bill, you moron, they're children. Those are just pots. Get a grip."

It sounds worse in Sumerian, I can tell you...

[Lauratealeaf]

Of course, it is a loss that the museum was ransacked. But the freeing of the people of Iraq was well worth that cost. And had the diversion of troops to protect government buildings, including museums, cost an additional soldier's or Marine's life, that would have been too high a price to pay.

This cannot be repeated enough. There is a clique of Freepers here foaming at the mouth about the loss of the antiquities; blaming the troops, blaming Rumsfeld, blaming Franks, blaming President Bush. They have actually stated that the antiquities are more important than human life.

[Billthedrill]

Excuse me? Quote me the international law that says we're obligated to trade our soldiers' lives or anyone else's for antiquities, if you please?

Talk about a "false choice!"

[onedoug]

Quickly! Change the subject to art!

[mdmathis6]

Some of these Liberals remind me of the "Dathan" character that Edward G. Robinson played in the Ten Comandments. You know, the one that kept trying to cause doubt and fear in the people so that they would turn against Moses and of course God. While the movie stretched things a bit, the Biblical Dathan did try to lead a revolt against Moses and his leadership which lead to Dathan's destruction.

Still the E.G. Robinson depiction reminds me the most regarding many of today's Liberal pundits and anti-christian bigots, in terms of their lying slanted opinions and exalted ego's!

[patriciaruth]

UK experts on the antiquities,who visited the Museum, believed that it was full of fakes and that the real treasures were removed long ago by Saddam

The L.A. Times had another story today that reported that antiquities dealers were contacted BEFORE the war started about their interest in backroom Iraq antiquities trading. Indicated that 2000 antiquities were reported looted in the FIRST Gulf War, and only 2 recovered. Implied that most things were sold off before this war started.

Same paper, different stories.

[Kenno]

Conservatives care about Iraqis living today. Leftists care about Iraqis from the time of Hammurabi.

[gracie1]

Well of course we protected the oil fields. Can you just hear the howls from the enviromentalists if the oil fields were set on fire like the last time? Not to mention the oil fields will be an important source of wealth for the Iraqi's. (Oh, I forgot, we're going to steal that oil!)

Not content to thank our lucky stars that things went so well, the leftists will nitpick this thing to death.

[lonewacko_dot_com]

Search for "chapter 6" here: http://www.command-post.org/archives/005539.html

See also http://www.command-post.org/archives/003201.html

[Mister Baredog]

The left is defeated and its American members know it. And they are bitter. And increasingly alone.

Liberals imploding like kernels of popcorn on a hot stove!!!!

[Brad’s Gramma]

bttt