Evidentally there are quite a few of those reactionary readers right here at Free Republic. One actually said on another thread that our soldiers lives are not as important as those museum artifacts. I kid you not!
That was me. And I am telling you right this minute in front of God and everybody that there are material things in this world that people should risk thier lives for and that people risk thier lives to protect property every day. We call them firemen, and policemen and armed guards and soldiers. That's thier job and they are trained for it so they don't get killed. What's the use of being free without property and knowledge and wonders to marvel over... you pinhead. Our government should have protected that museum: we have the money, the skill, the manpower and the common sense to know that it would be a target of looters. And no soldier would have been in any more danger than on the battlefield, probably it would be less dangerous. This should not be brushed under the rug. We are not barbarians. If we could have protected this and we didn't then we need to do everything we can to get the stuff back including a literal Act of Congress consisting of a public pledge to go to extreme lengths to do everything in our power to restore this museum.