Archeological treasures looted, oil kept safe
The Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad has been looted while American soldiers 200 feet away watched and did nothing. The losses include, among other irreplaceable items, the earliest known calendar. Iraq is, after all, the place where civilization itself got started.
Meanwhile, “the Oil Ministry headquarters on Palestine Street has been ringed by more than 70 US troops and protected by up to a dozen or more armoured personnel carriers.”
But it’s not about the oil, really, we promise.