US Army Damages Wonder of the Ancient World

[Turkish Federation]

The fact it's old is not an excuse however. It's like demolishing the entire Ephesus city and saying: "It was destroyed anywyaay!"

In fact, it could be destroyed by anyone in Iraq anyway. Al-Quaida, US Marines, Shia, Sunnite, Turkmen, Kurd Militia...

[Conserative Morality]

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

Honestly? They made a mistake, what more do you want them to do? Time travel?

[Secruss]

Lost history? Are we only going to take interest in history after it's too late from here on out?

[Charlotte Ryberg]

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

And so that fine is rather paltry in terms of the size of America's budget. I know what, why not send the bill directly to George Bush?

Note to Obama: no, that wasn't your fault Mr. President... Bush did it.

[Dakini]

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

Honestly? They made a mistake, what more do you want them to do? Time travel?

There isn't much more they can do... that doesn't make what they did ok though and that doesn't mean they shouldn't have done things better.