This is irredeemably terrible, but as is always the case where America is involved, the unbelievable dumbassery that erupts from spokesmen after the fact turns the sad movie into what Hollywood likes to call a tragicomedy:
Spokesmen for the U.S. military in Iraq did not respond to requests for comment. But the military has previously said that looting would have been far worse had it not been for the presence of its troops.So. America invades and destroys civic and military authority. In the immediate, chaotic aftermath, thieves loot valuables and artifacts. But the presence of the invading army that was itself the proximate cause of looting is also a restraint on looting. Now, if we hadn't invaded, there'd have been no looting, but since we didn't not invade, it could not not not have been . . . uh . . . worse? Help me out, here.
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This is what happens when you fuck a nation in the ass!
it's like Lenin said.
I'm just surprised the Evangelical chaplains who dominate religious life in the US military haven't had their followers demolish the remaining statues of Ishtar, Bamiyan Buddha-style. Or perhaps the WaPo just doesn't report those incidents.
In keeping with the policy of the American ruling class, the military strickly limits the number of independent variables in their counter-factual thought experiments.
Its a good news-bad news situation
Just think of it like one of those really dodgy ST:Voyager temporal paradox episodes. Only with lots more blood and dismembered bodies.
Thou shalt not violate global causality within my historic light cone. Or else.
You think that is confusing? I'm still trying to figure out how Milo can buy eggs in Malta for seven cents a piece, sell them to the mess hall for five cents a piece, and still make a profit
Yes! Can this blog please turn into a Lebowski and Catch 22 bastion? That'd turn me gay!
"Now, with security in Iraq improving, officials hope to start work on a $700,000, two-year project funded by the U.S. State Department to restore the site."
IOZ doesn't always feel compelled to share the whole truth.
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