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OK, OK, I admit my error. There were never any antiquities, ancient manuscripts, or secret police files available to be saved. Everything about the war was done 100% correctly, and any critical discussion of our effort is a Scheer/Fisk plot.

Are you an antiques dealer, or do you have a degree in art history? You seem to be very sure that those pieces in the museums were authentic...I've read many links to articles stating that people in the know, dealers, etc, did not trust Saddam's government museum's collection to be completely authentic. Also they did not trust those chosen by Saddam to run the museum.

But let's just say, fr'instance, that everything was authentic. The curators trustworthy, the artifacts the real deal. Why would they choose to reopen the museum when they knew that war was imminent, six months ago? Also, why where 4000 antiquities stolen during the first Gulf War, when there was no "Battle of Baghdad"? If you have more information, I'd like to hear it. But the points that Lauratealeaf makes are quite compelling.