Captain Crunch
"I don't think anyone is for destroying antiquities poppet (and Saddam left them intact - to him they were a source of nationalistic pride); it's just that the occupying forces seem to be somewhat careless about their custody.
On the basis of what's been posted above, I'd put 'fumblefingers' down as a reactionary. Or maybe a 'don't know', which sounds a trifle kinder."

The contents of the Iraq National Museum, which had been closed to the public for several years, had been looted by Saddam to decorate his many palaces. This was later admitted by the curator, after the Americans had initially been accused of failing to save Iraq's national treasures from Iraqis. Get your facts straight before you start calling people names.