I really don't know what to say about Chris's post below, about the looting of the National Museum. The articles I've been reading about the looting in general have been devastating. This one, from the Washington Post is good. The looting has been far worse for the city than the bombing campaign was. The priorities of the Marines are also clear:

Some Iraqis, however, question the allocation of U.S. forces around the capital. They note a whole company of Marines, along with at least a half-dozen amphibious assault vehicles, has been assigned to guard the Oil Ministry, while many other ministries -- including trade, information, planning, health and education -- remain unprotected.

And then, of course, there is the following extremely plausible and highly likely explantion for this:

"They wanted to let these robberies happen so the Iraqi people will be bankrupt and they will need American assistance," said Mehdi Zuemi, a clerk in the Foreign Ministry who observed his office being destroyed today. "They'll use our oil to pay for it."

And I loved this part:

At the National Museum of Antiquities, Amin said she wants American soldiers -- and lots of them. Today, as she led a small group of journalists through the museum, five looters armed with an ax sneaked into one of the rooms, prompting several of the journalists to give chase. "They will keep coming here until there is nothing left to take," she said.

Like I said, I don't know what to say.