Well, then, to hell with your craw.
How do you know they are "spinning" if you don't know how it could have been prevented?
Theresa, you've been reduced to stamping your feet and waving your arms.
They HAVE to whitewash it because they can't prevent it. What I saw on TV and read about it was not just "untidyness." It was so bad it got some of the Iraqi people to wondering if it would be better have Saddam back. That has to be BAD LOOTING.