Iraq’s Cultural Catastrophe ñ and Ours
April 18, 2003
Scarcely a week ago, massive statues of Saddam Hussein were being toppled and American tanks were surging through the streets of Baghdad, amidst what seemed to be widespread cheers from the Iraqi people for their American “liberators.” Vindicated by the dizzying conquest over Saddam and all those antiwar curmudgeons, impatient neocons were quick to gloat: [...]