[Pharlap]

Way to go Bryce Milligan. These "artifacts" were, in your opinion, worth more than human lives. It was alright for Hussein to torture, maim and kill millions, so long as your priceless treasures remained intact. Treasures that most never heard of and fewer saw. By the way, how long have you known about them, and why didn't you go to Baghdad as an "artifacts shield" to protect them. You failed your beliefs, your people, your country, and the entire world. And, now you are trying to shift the blame to President Bush. Well it won't work. I accuse you of committing a most heinous crime: faiure to protect artifacts with your life, if need be. You are a craven, cowardly and crass indiviual. Shame on you.

[weegee]

Yes, good point. None of the Saddamite "military shields" (aka Useful Idiots or pawns) voluntered as "cultural shields".