I think that the military's failure to guard the cultural treasures of Iran -- particularly given that the Pentagon had been warned by experts of the danger -- has done a lot to anger the Iraqi people even more. The NYT reported US soldiers waving treasure-carrying people through their checkpoints. And today some people in Baghdad were staging anti-American protests because of the looting.

I wonder if the military were advised by the Pentagon to watch out for cultural destruction -- perhaps the chain of command faltered somewhere. Or perhaps, in fact, nobody gave a damn.

Everywhere except the oil ministry -- hospitals, schools, libraries, universities, clinics.

But not the oil ministry.