Damage in Babylon.

Today we are looking outside of Kenosha, because i really couldn't find anything to post that happened today.

When the United States took a base in Iraq they caused major damage to an ancient city, Babylon. The U.S. has said that they are going to commit to restoring the ancient city. It was reported that many key structures, like the Ishtar gate and Processional way. The U.S. claims they stationed there just to protect the city. Babylon was occupied as a base from September 2003 to December 2004, they have agreed to pay $800,000 for repairs. The repair happened August of 2009.
I think turning the city into a base was a ridiculous move on America’s side. The city is an ancient artifact, is delicate, and holds a lot of historical information. Not only did they ruin artifacts, the created the are to be inaccessible for the public. As reported, many areas were damaged because of their choice, the history was damaged, and is now gone. The funny part is the US comes out and says they’ll pay for the repairs, are they going to go back to ancient Babylon and get them to build it again? It is impossible to repair what they ruined.
The direct connection between the event and Hammurabi is the Babylon was his city. His history there was disturbed because of warfare. Looking back at his code of laws, the punishment for the US’s actions were for them to be killed in front of the damage they made and then buried. In fact all of their violations will result in death. Hammurabi was a very strict leader, only if he were alive now, maybe the city would still be in it’s original condition, if only.