krastner
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It looks like the US has another title to add to some of the more recently aquired( in the bush residency). "THE WHORE OF BABYLON". The bible speaks of the whore of Babylon in the book of revelations. Well it might not be refering to the US army as the whore, neverless the US army has taken on that title with it's wanton, if not planned, destruction of the archeological treasure of the ancient city of Babylon in Iraq. It seems that the US went into Iraq not only to change regimes but to change it's history. Not too many years ago the world was horrified when the Taliban rulers in Afganistan demoloshed the large budda carvings in the rock. Yet the US has done the same thing with Babykon and claims " ah shucks mam we were just a bunch of good ole boys and well you see twar'nt no bad intended" Oh yeah sure. Is this aspect of mankinds history to be rendered less valuable because it's in Iraq. Why now change the cradel of civilization to a more politically correct area of the world. Never mind that Iraq is where it took place let's make it in a place that does not bear the negative connotation of Saddam Hussin. I can just hear the idiot minds that placed this despoiler in office..."Oh the cradel of civilization...shit that ain't important..that's Iraq ain't it?"
The irreparable damage done to the ancient sites of Babylon is a criminal act whose historical precedent is to be found in the Nazis’ looting of art treasures and destruction of famous monuments throughout Europe during World War II.
The decision to base a military depot in one of the most important archaeological sites in the world can only have been issued from a deeply reactionary and reckless power that is utterly hostile to the cultural achievements of mankind. The damage done to Babylon has seriously impaired the prospect of further understanding an ancient civilisation of world importance, and has curtailed the ability of future generations to study and wonder at the historic sites.
Despite attempts to pass off the vandalism of the sites as the folly of individual troops, this level of cultural and social philistinism has definite political roots. It is the logical by-product of a predatory war and occupation launched by subterfuge, which had as its main goal the seizure of Iraq’s oil resources. In the process, the Iraqi people have been subjugated to military rule and the country’s historical and artistic heritage looted or destroyed—with the complicity or tacit approval of the US military.
In a cruel historical irony that will not be missed by those concerned with the fate of ancient Babylon, the Bush administration, a criminal political elite that purports to be waging war in defence of the values of ‘civilisation,’ is destroying important remnants of the origins of Western civilisation itself.
The irreparable damage done to the ancient sites of Babylon is a criminal act whose historical precedent is to be found in the Nazis’ looting of art treasures and destruction of famous monuments throughout Europe during World War II.
The decision to base a military depot in one of the most important archaeological sites in the world can only have been issued from a deeply reactionary and reckless power that is utterly hostile to the cultural achievements of mankind. The damage done to Babylon has seriously impaired the prospect of further understanding an ancient civilisation of world importance, and has curtailed the ability of future generations to study and wonder at the historic sites.
Despite attempts to pass off the vandalism of the sites as the folly of individual troops, this level of cultural and social philistinism has definite political roots. It is the logical by-product of a predatory war and occupation launched by subterfuge, which had as its main goal the seizure of Iraq’s oil resources. In the process, the Iraqi people have been subjugated to military rule and the country’s historical and artistic heritage looted or destroyed—with the complicity or tacit approval of the US military.
In a cruel historical irony that will not be missed by those concerned with the fate of ancient Babylon, the Bush administration, a criminal political elite that purports to be waging war in defence of the values of ‘civilisation,’ is destroying important remnants of the origins of Western civilisation itself.
