US Army Damages Wonder of the Ancient World

[Dakini]

Atlantis is lost perhaps it is lost because it is in the wrong ocean.
and the US didn't give the Bikini atoll natives Atlantis back.

No, but it compensated them for the extreme health problems associated with the nuclear testing.

[The South Islands]

Atlantis is lost perhaps it is lost because it is in the wrong ocean.
and the US didn't give the Bikini atoll natives Atlantis back.

No, but it compensated them for the extreme health problems associated with the nuclear testing.

Liberal lies. A little radiation never hurt anyone. Ever.

Anything else is liberal canadian communist socialist conspiracy

[Dakini]

Atlantis is lost perhaps it is lost because it is in the wrong ocean.
and the US didn't give the Bikini atoll natives Atlantis back.

No, but it compensated them for the extreme health problems associated with the nuclear testing.

Liberal lies. A little radiation never hurt anyone. Ever.

Anything else is liberal canadian communist socialist conspiracy

Oooo... communist and socialist? Is that like double-plus ungood?

[Sanctus-Terra]

America

Seriously, four pages? I expected you in this thread when it was in page 2. You need to work faster, my Russian friend.

[Intestinal fluids]

Lets not forget "Taliban-destroyed Buddhas may never be restored"


"At the foot of cliffs in central Afghanistan, about 5,000 fragments of what were once among the world's great artistic and religious treasures, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, sit in rudimentary shelters.

Their destruction by the Taliban in March 2001 was an act of cultural vandalism on a spectacular scale. The two tallest standing Buddhas in the world -- which had stood as silent sentinels over the snow-capped valley of Bamiyan for more than 1,500 years -- were reduced to mere rubble."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

[Dakini]

Lets not forget "Taliban-destroyed Buddhas may never be restored"


"At the foot of cliffs in central Afghanistan, about 5,000 fragments of what were once among the world's great artistic and religious treasures, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, sit in rudimentary shelters.

Their destruction by the Taliban in March 2001 was an act of cultural vandalism on a spectacular scale. The two tallest standing Buddhas in the world -- which had stood as silent sentinels over the snow-capped valley of Bamiyan for more than 1,500 years -- were reduced to mere rubble."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

So if the Taliban did it on purpose, it's alright for the US to do it by accident through neglect?

[Nadkor]

Lets not forget "Taliban-destroyed Buddhas may never be restored"


"At the foot of cliffs in central Afghanistan, about 5,000 fragments of what were once among the world's great artistic and religious treasures, the Buddhas of Bamiyan, sit in rudimentary shelters.

Their destruction by the Taliban in March 2001 was an act of cultural vandalism on a spectacular scale. The two tallest standing Buddhas in the world -- which had stood as silent sentinels over the snow-capped valley of Bamiyan for more than 1,500 years -- were reduced to mere rubble."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

"But...but....the Taliban did it too!"

Christ.

[Grays Harbor]

But that was the Taliban. What they did was ok. Its just what Europe and the US do that is evil.

[Conserative Morality]

So if the Taliban did it on purpose, it's alright for the US to do it by accident through neglect?

Do what? Honestly, there's no proof that those were the hanging gardens, there's no proof that the hanging gardens even existed!

[Milks Empire]

But that was the Taliban. What they did was ok. Its just what Europe and the US do that is evil.

Frankly, there's nothing OK about either one of those actions.

[Dakini]

But that was the Taliban. What they did was ok. Its just what Europe and the US do that is evil.

No, when the Taliban did it, it was pretty bad.

[Grays Harbor]

But that was the Taliban. What they did was ok. Its just what Europe and the US do that is evil.

No, when the Taliban did it, it was pretty bad.

Sarcasm, people. SARcasm.

[Dakini]

So if the Taliban did it on purpose, it's alright for the US to do it by accident through neglect?

Do what? Honestly, there's no proof that those were the hanging gardens, there's no proof that the hanging gardens even existed!

No, but they did damage cultural artifacts. Whether or not it's the hanging gardens or not, there were definitely very old things (bricks, roads etc) which were damaged by the US army setting up shop. They could have done this in a way that's sensitive to the cultural and historical importance of the region, but they didn't.

[Conserative Morality]

No, but they did damage cultural artifacts. Whether or not it's the hanging gardens or not, there were definitely very old things (bricks, roads etc) which were damaged by the US army setting up shop. They could have done this in a way that's sensitive to the cultural and historical importance of the region, but they didn't.

The United States has agreed to pay $800,000 to help rehabilitate the Babylon site, an Iraqi official said.

Honestly, there's not much more that can be done (Except giving more money as compensation), and I prefer that the facts were given as such, not baseless speculation about what the site was in order to stir up more animosity.

[Kusatsu]

The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report.

lol, real life is becoming like a Command and Conquer game, like when the United States made its final stand against the Russians on Liberty Island right under the Statue of Liberty.

What's next, converting the Kremlin into a bunker? Or maybe we can have each presidents' face on Mount Rushmore shoot lasers from their eyes.

[The South Islands]

What's next, converting the Kremlin into a bunker? Or maybe we can have each presidents' face on Mount Rushmore shoot lasers from their eyes.

That would be win on so many levels.

[Dakini]

No, but they did damage cultural artifacts. Whether or not it's the hanging gardens or not, there were definitely very old things (bricks, roads etc) which were damaged by the US army setting up shop. They could have done this in a way that's sensitive to the cultural and historical importance of the region, but they didn't.

The United States has agreed to pay $800,000 to help rehabilitate the Babylon site, an Iraqi official said.

Honestly, there's not much more that can be done (Except giving more money as compensation), and I prefer that the facts were given as such, not baseless speculation about what the site was in order to stir up more animosity.

Throwing money at it doesn't fix lost history... though it may help some restoration attempts.

[Brogavia]

What's next, converting the Kremlin into a bunker?

History fail.

The Kremlin is pretty much just a huge fort in downtown Moscow. Not the building with all the domed towers. So it is already a bunker.

[Kusatsu]

What's next, converting the Kremlin into a bunker?

History fail.

The Kremlin is pretty much just a huge fort in downtown Moscow. Not the building with all the domed towers. So it is already a bunker.

Do they have tesla coil towers around it, zapping poor psionic flying Japanese schoolgirls into piles of bones and dust? No, no they don't.

What's next, converting the Kremlin into a bunker? Or maybe we can have each presidents' face on Mount Rushmore shoot lasers from their eyes.

That would be win on so many levels.

Wish granted:

[The Parkus Empire]

You failed to mention France and the Great Sphinx. (Artillery practice.)

And you failed to note that that whole story is pure bullshit.

[Muravyets]

But that was the Taliban. What they did was ok. Its just what Europe and the US do that is evil.

Uh, no. Read the rest of the thread, thanks.

[Muravyets]

So if the Taliban did it on purpose, it's alright for the US to do it by accident through neglect?

Do what? Honestly, there's no proof that those were the hanging gardens, there's no proof that the hanging gardens even existed!

And you also please read the thread. This was already addressed. There were/are original architectural remains and artifacts on that site, some of which were damaged. CNN's mangling of the UNESCO report, and your and other posters' further mangling of the CNN story, nothwithstanding.

[Koamii Islands]

it was gone way before the army had a chance to touch it. why does anyone care? thats not an ancient wonder of the world. Im sure on that one.

[North Avayu]

It's not important if any "wonders" were damaged. That's just bad PR CNN produced there. But fact is, a historical site was damaged by the Army setting their base there. This means possibly hundreds of important, small artifacts are lost and destroyed now. That's something you can't compensate for with millions of dollars. Wit the mopney you can restore the damaged buildings, but that's just what tourists visiting the site will see, not what is really important for our understanding of history.

[Buffett and Colbert]

This makes me cringe and well up with anger.