Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The Washington Post Tackles the Tablet...
...issue with a clear message from the Lawyer(Streichmann) as well as a clear response from Gil Stein who is the director of the Oriental Institute at University of Chicago:
Here's what Streichmann says:
"We are seeking to enforce the judgment that was awarded to my client," said Strachman, who considers it ironic that the terrorism-fighting Bush administration is backing Iran's immunity claims -- "blatantly opposing us," as he put it. Meanwhile, Iranian commentators have hammered U.S. authorities with "crazy conspiratorial things in recent days."
What Iranians are probably saying, and what they hope for as I do is that the words of Gil Stein will go farther than Streichmann's present ideas, that they will not sell these artifacts (it would not even compensate for the plaintiffs because they should be priceless).
Stein says:
Here's what Streichmann says:
"We are seeking to enforce the judgment that was awarded to my client," said Strachman, who considers it ironic that the terrorism-fighting Bush administration is backing Iran's immunity claims -- "blatantly opposing us," as he put it. Meanwhile, Iranian commentators have hammered U.S. authorities with "crazy conspiratorial things in recent days."
What Iranians are probably saying, and what they hope for as I do is that the words of Gil Stein will go farther than Streichmann's present ideas, that they will not sell these artifacts (it would not even compensate for the plaintiffs because they should be priceless).
Stein says:
"Would Egypt loan the treasures of King Tut if they thought they could be seized by anyone who had a beef with the government of Egypt?" he asked.
"Scholarship depends on the ability to trust each other to work above the level of politics and infighting. The whole structure of scholarly collaboration would fall apart, and the whole world would be very much the poorer for it."
