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What's Been Lost to the Islamists' Sledgehammers (historians shocked)
Aleteia ^ | March 1, 2015 | JOHN BURGER

Posted on 03/01/2015 12:28:43 PM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 03/01/2015 12:28:43 PM PST by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...
Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency, denounced the destruction as "cultural cleansing" and a war crime that the world must punish. Bokova said she couldn't finish watching the video, which she called "a real shock."

She should be decrying the genocidal massacre of christians and other residents as a war crime. Artifacts are tangible; human life is not.

Catholic ping!

2 posted on 03/01/2015 12:31:10 PM PST by NYer (Without justice - what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
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People criticized the Brits for “looting” artifacts from around the world and putting them in museums. Seems they did the world a favor. Should have done more.


3 posted on 03/01/2015 12:31:50 PM PST by Hugin ("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
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They do not take care of their people, they do not build anything. They are just destructive and full of hate.


4 posted on 03/01/2015 12:36:19 PM PST by LYDIAONTARIO
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we need to capture ISIS terrorists and tie them up and go after them with sledge hammers .


5 posted on 03/01/2015 12:37:08 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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What a tragedy. When the crazies govern. I admit that when it comes to historical artifacts I am extremely liberal. They should be preserved for all that man may not forget his history.


6 posted on 03/01/2015 12:37:23 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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What a tragedy. When the crazies govern. I admit that when it comes to historical artifacts I am extremely liberal. They should be preserved for all that man may not forget his history.


7 posted on 03/01/2015 12:37:46 PM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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Destroying the historical evident of their own existence should make erasing them from the face of the Earth easier.


8 posted on 03/01/2015 12:40:27 PM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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“She should be decrying the genocidal massacre of christians and other residents as a war crime. Artifacts are tangible; human life is not.”

The ancient pagan idols cannot be replaced. Christians can be replaced and there are 3 billion of them anyway. They can handle a few massacres here and there. Besides, how can you forget the Crusades!!


9 posted on 03/01/2015 12:42:29 PM PST by sagar
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I admit that when it comes to historical artifacts I am extremely liberal.

Nothing liberal about wanting to protect historical artifacts. Liberals might want to protect artifacts of pagan religions but I don't doubt that they would happily erase all evidence of Judaism and Christianity.
10 posted on 03/01/2015 12:43:07 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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“they would happily erase all evidence of Judaism and Christianity.”

Delete the Bible from their hard drive?


11 posted on 03/01/2015 12:45:16 PM PST by sagar
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Savages! Destroyers & Murderers!


12 posted on 03/01/2015 12:45:29 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Give me a sledgehammer and I’ll sledge them. Stuff like this really angers me.


13 posted on 03/01/2015 12:46:25 PM PST by Politicalkiddo ("He repays everyone for what they have done; He brings on them what their conduct deserves.")
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“Amr al-Azm, a Syrian anthropologist and historian, on his Facebook page called the destruction “a tragedy and catastrophic loss for Iraqi history and archaeology beyond comprehension.”

A narrator of the video calls the objects “idols and statues that people in the past used to worship instead of Allah.”

Oh... I thought they were doing this because they are poor and don’t have jobs.


14 posted on 03/01/2015 12:47:58 PM PST by aquila48
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No reason to be shocked...

Arab and Persian cultures haven't produced anything of value since Islam took over... 700 years and not crap to show for it.

They're losers. - fighting over control of how many women they can get - even if it's first cousins...

Lowlifes. Destroyers... But not shocking.

15 posted on 03/01/2015 12:47:59 PM PST by GOPJ (Comrade Thug - pleae don't hurt me for disagreeing... I lived in a free country once..)
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As great as this loss is, it is insignificant compared to the loss of a single human life.

The fact that we cannot bestir ourselves to end these depraved enemies of civilization is a greater outrage than their iconoclasm.

16 posted on 03/01/2015 12:49:56 PM PST by FredZarguna (Every time you type "LOL" the entire Internet knows you're a dumbass.)
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Don't forget Napoleon’s lootings. Thank God for him and others.
17 posted on 03/01/2015 12:50:05 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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“Arab and Persian cultures haven’t produced anything of value since Islam took over... 700 years and not crap to show for it.”

Arab culture never existed. They raped and looted other Middle Eastern cultures, just like they are doing today.


18 posted on 03/01/2015 12:50:34 PM PST by sagar
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The Plague of Islam

If the civilized world is to survive, it must recognize Islam for what it really is: It’s not a religion, form of government, or anything recognizable to the civilized mind. Islam is a disease, an incurable disease of the mind that is highly contagious among the feeble minded and is now spreading among the world’s feeble minded at an epidemic rate. As with any disease, one can’t reason with this disease, negotiate with it, or treat in any manner other than how one would treat any other incurable disease.

Past efforts to contain this disease have failed. Now, carriers of this Plague of Islam must be eradicated wherever they're found, for if they're not, this disease will eventually end not just Western Civilization, but it will undo over 5,000 years of human civilization.

19 posted on 03/01/2015 12:51:16 PM PST by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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Arab and Persian cultures haven't produced anything of value since Islam took over... 700 years and not crap to show for it.

Only a finger removing machine.....


20 posted on 03/01/2015 12:54:48 PM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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