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2007-03-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's priceless antiquities lie in line of fire (whining from the 'noble savages' elitists)

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Posted by Betty Throter5216 2007-03-05 14:24|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I feel your pain, John Curtis, but too bad. The sites that haven't been excavated yet can be excavated later. The chances are that if we don't break some pots now, the ensuing khalifate would do it in any case as they would attempt to erase any traces of history that is not related to Islam, in a short order.

Posted by twobyfour 2007-03-05 15:15|| 2007-03-05 15:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I don't feel his pain at all. The "we shouldn't defend civilization because it will break the old pottery" argument is pretty thin. If the Iranians value their cultural artifacts they can move them or cooperate with us to limit their nuclear program to peaceful purposes. Otherwise, they can look to WWII for context: a lot of pottery got broken in Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Dresden, and Berlin.

Posted by Darrell 2007-03-05 15:27|| 2007-03-05 15:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Another terrorist-culture apologist gets the vapors....

Posted by OyVey1 2007-03-05 16:11|| 2007-03-05 16:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran bears sole responsiblity for whatever happens to their ancient patrimony. Let's hope they remember that potsherds are much harder to reassemble once they've been fused.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-05 16:24|| 2007-03-05 16:24|| Front Page Top

#5 I thought that most of the supposedly looted artifacts from the Baghdad museum had been recovered or simply found still in the museum?

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2007-03-05 17:13|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2007-03-05 17:13|| Front Page Top

#6 But, no concern for the priceless antiquities in Israel if Iran gets the bomb.

Posted by DMFD 2007-03-05 17:56|| 2007-03-05 17:56|| Front Page Top

#7 geez Wally how about we stop the Paleos from lobbing rockets into Israel and damaging some CHRISTIAN Holy site or antiquities. Their hypocracy is soooo open.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-03-05 19:01|| 2007-03-05 19:01|| Front Page Top

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