What's a few books between friends?
From the Guardian:

Almost nothing remains of the library's archive of tens of thousands of manuscripts, books, and Iraqi newspapers, according to reports from the scene. It joins a list that already includes the capital's National Museum, one of the world's most important troves of artefacts from the ancient Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian civilisations.

Calling the looting of historical artefacts "a catastrophe for the cultural heritage of Iraq", Mounir Bouchenaki, a deputy director-general of the UN cultural body Unesco, announced an emergency summit of archaeologists in Paris on Thursday.

Can you imagine the reaction of Bush and Blair if Saddam had allowed the destruction of cultural heritage on this scale? They'd immediately have cited it as evidence of unfitness to govern. Of course, now that the shoe is on the other foot...