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: Akin to the destruction of the Great Buddhas
: by the Taliban, although more analogous to
: burning the Louvre. It was very
: controversial in Britain at the time, as was
: the entire war.
Wasn't it rather typical for the way Britain has fought wars? Let's not forget Britain's and USA's destruction of Dresden during the Second World War. An act of pure terror. (And the Americans are upset about the incident that occured on 11 September 2001...)
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: It is interesting - and I don't think
: altogether negative - that the PRC
: government is allowing this important
: incident to be discussed publicly. I asked a
: tour guide about it when I visited the
: rebuilt palace in 2007 and she didn't even
: seem to know what I was talking about.
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