[Incorrigible]

Somebody call these guys a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAbulance!

[Chi-townChief]

Don't let the door hit ya in the ass, boys!

[netmilsmom]

Ah Bu-bye!!

[CFW]

Good riddance!

[genefromjersey]

Wa-a-a-a-ll - As we say back home - Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[Hildy]

Shows the priorities of leftists...they are outraged when museum pieces are stolen, but people being tortured and murdered? YAWWWWWNNNNN.....

[Joe 6-pack]

I wonder why they didn't resign when the White House was looted...

[Joe Brower]

More "leftist feyadeen" Clinton appointees left inside the current administration to wreak whatever havoc their pathetic selves are capable of.

Memo to GW & Co.: It's long overdue for you folks to clean house.

[jimbo123]

Why didn't they resign when Sinkboy Willie and Hitlery Rotten looted the White House furniture and collectables?

[Pharlap]

Isn't it interesting that Clinton appointees are resigning NOW. But, not one resignation during his administration for his behavior. He lied to his Cabinet Officers. Not one resigned. He lied to the American public, not one government official resigned. Now they resign. President Bush should keep up the good work. If nothing else, hopefully, we will get rid of more of the Clinton-era bureaucrats.

[fightinJAG]

OhferPete'ssake: Good Riddance.

[Jim Noble]

More Fedayeen Clinton found by our hunter-killer teams.

Bye, guys! Nice knowin' ya...

[Wiggins]

Hit The Road!

Don't go away mad, just go away!

[Springman]

Gotta ask a question, Why are MY TAX DOLLARS GOING TO THE Cultural Property Advisory Committee?

[goldstategop]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Just like liberals to be more concerned about broken potsherds than the lives of living and breathing human beings. Ooh, this is rich. Good riddance!

[Theresa]

"I have a suspicion it was organized outside the country. In fact, I'm pretty sure it was."

YOu all just better hope it was not organized in America or that most of the loot is not traced back to American collectors. This could turn out to be deep doo doo. Look at what is already brewing and consider the implications.

Excerpt: From The Spectator UK 4/19 Stealing a country’s physical history, its archaeological remains, has become the world’s third biggest organised racket, after drugs and guns.

There are those who argue that it shouldn’t need to be illegal at all. There are those who say, look, the free market should operate here. Why shouldn’t a private collector be allowed to buy an antiquity and keep it in his bathroom, maybe next to the bidet, or as a tasteful holder for the Toilet Duck, if he wishes to do so, and if both he and the seller are happy with the price?

You will not be surprised to hear that many of those who argue this way are American. You may not be surprised, either, that shortly before the invasion of Iraq, and with the spoils of war on their mind, some of these people formed themselves into a lobbying organisation called the American Council for Cultural Policy (ACCP). This group want a ‘relaxation’ of Iraq’s tight restrictions on the ownership and export of antiquities. They object to what they call Iraq’s ‘retentionist’ policy towards its archaeological treasures. (I love the pejorative use of the word ‘retentionist’ in this context; ‘Goddam sand-niggers want to retain all their history!’)

The treasurer of the group, one William Pearlstein, has said that he would support a postwar government in Iraq that would make it easier to have things ‘dispersed’ to, er, for the sake of argument, the United States. And, on 24 January this year, the ACCP met with the US defense department to impress this point upon the politicians and the military. I tracked down one of the people who attended this meeting, and asked what the archaeologists had to say for themselves.

The rest is here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/spectator/spec58.html

[Theresa]

So what we have is information that before the war, American collectors who think that it is not nice that Iraqi's are so stingy with their "stuff" met with the defense department shortly before the war to ah...pledge their support.

I am not spending another day on this.

[FairOpinion]

"Three members of the White House Cultural Property Advisory Committee have resigned "

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I just had a thought: where is THEIR responsibility in this?! Sullivan was actually the head of the Advisory Committee.

Maybe if THEY had done their job, and raised the possibility of "looting" or theft of these treasures during and right after the war, our Special Ops may have contacted the museum curators, and made sure that the treasures are hidden where Saddam's officials don't even know.

[Not_Who_U_Think]

I just don't understand what's so terrible about this. These objects, which had been cataloged and studied in detail, are not lost forever. At worst, they will end up in some rich guy's collection to resurface years from now in another museum or on the auction block. In much the same way that treasures from Egypt or Greece wound up in the capitals of Europe.

And unlike the Spanish conquest of Peru, they're not going to be melted down for the gold content. In fact, throw in some mythical mumbo-jumbo like the Spear of Destiny and I could see this as the plot line for the next Indiana Jones movie.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Curious that those who re-write history, ignore and mock tradition would be so upset about "artifacts". They're almost as convincing as those who "care about the children" while pushing legislation that undermines parental authority, or the so-called "humanitarian" NGOs/UN/International pimps who profit from the suffering of others (while condemning America, the real liberators). The act is as tiresome as today's latest Abu Dhabi terrorist act/Saddam video. As belly girl would say, "you shut the Hell up, (Clinton appointees). We'll save civilization!"

[nicmarlo]

Don't remember who you pinged the other day (or was it only yesterday) about digging into these people's stance about what the Clintonistas did to the White House/Air Force One treasures upon the Klintoon's leaving office....and any possibility of getting axed if they don't "retire." But, here's another thread, FYI.