Beasts in Babylon?
The Guardian reports on widespread destruction of cultural monuments in the Iraq city of Babylon — not by looters, but by U.S. troops. Apparently we’ve set up a military depot there. Um, hello. You’d think with the Olympics just in Greece we’d be saturated with knowledge that this is a very bad idea. Say it with me: ancient structures make bad armories. Repeat.
Where were the much-ballyhooed cultural heritage consultants to the military on this campaign? Ugh.
(Thanks, Mark.)
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ancient structures make bad armories.
ancient structures make bad armories.
ANCIENT STRUCTURES MAKE BAD ARMORIES!
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Immanuel
Thank you for repeating! Nice to see you around these parts, Manu.