"To put American troops... near hospitals and museums too soon
might well have drawn combat to those buildings, divided and
endangered American forces or both."
Well, gee whiz, we have troops near oil wells, as well as a whole
company of marines guarding the Oil Ministry and others at the
Irrigation Ministry and the Interior Ministry. That might draw
combat, but I think the forces that just conquered the country are
going to defend those locations successfully... just as they could
have defended the hospitals and the National Museum of Antiquities.
Let's face it: someone just didn't think of protecting the museum,
or just didn't think it was very important.
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