Archaeologists are "OUTRAGED" Over ISIS Destroying Artifacts

You probably have seen the videos coming out of Iraq and Syria of ISIS members taking sledge hammers to priceless statues that are thousands of years old?  They destroyed a museum in Mosul last week and now are wrecking one in Nimrud.

Archaeologists and officials have expressed outrage about the bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud by Islamic State militants in Iraq.

IS began demolishing the site, which was founded in the 13th Century BC, on Thursday, according to Iraqi officials.

The head of the UN's cultural agency condemned the "systematic" destruction in Iraq as a "war crime".

IS, which controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, says shrines and statues are "false idols" that have to be smashed.

"They are erasing our history," said Iraqi archaeologist Lamia al-Gailani.

Nimrud lies on the Tigris river, about 30km (18 miles) south-east of Mosul, which IS controls.

Many of the artefacts found there have been moved to museums in Baghdad and overseas, but many remain on site.

BBC Middle East correspondent Jim Muir says the attempt to destroy Nimrud is already being compared with the Taliban's demolition of the Bamiyan Buddha rock sculptures in Afghanistan in 2001.

As well as destroying artefacts, Islamic State also trades in them - and the trade is one of its key sources of revenue.

IS "assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles," the tourism and antiquities ministry said on Thursday.

It said the militants continued to "defy the will of the world and the feelings of humanity", calling for a UN Security Council meeting to discuss how to protect cultural heritage in Iraq.

Nimrud covers a large area, and it is not yet clear whether it has been totally destroyed, our correspondent says.

But a local tribal source told Reuters news agency: "Islamic State members came to the Nimrud archaeological city and looted the valuables in it and then they proceeded to level the site to the ground.

"There used to be statues and walls as well as a castle that Islamic State has destroyed completely."

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"I'm an archaeologist and I'm, quite frankly, OUTRAGED at ISIS and how they are destroying these statues!"

Really??  So were you MORE or LESS outraged when they raped, killed and beheaded 25,000 women and children last year?

"Well...I don't know...I would have to think about that....the statues can't be replaced but the people can...so....."

So do you propose sending 100,000 U.S. soldiers into Iraq and Syria to try and stop ISIS from killing and destroying these statues?

"Well, no....I abhor violence!  In fact in Berkeley, CA where I work at the University, we host "No war Wednesdays" and forbid the Marines to have a recruiting center in our town."

Of course this is just a fictional conversation, but let's remember, the ONLY thing (on earth) that stops big, nasty men with guns is BIGGER nasty men with bigger guns....and since liberals can't stand guns and war....all they can do is stand around and announce how enraged they are.

"This is OUTRAGEOUS!!"