Neil Abercrombie: “the gentleman might find it interesting, with regard to the points that he has just been making and the possibility of…”

“the gentleman might find it interesting, with regard to the points that he has just been making and the possibility of oil exploration, I believe was the phrase that was used, mapping of fields, potential drilling areas and so on. Well, does the gentleman recall that while we were unable to prevent looting, mass looting not just of the Baghdad museums, the history of the entire Middle East, really the Mesopotamian history there, but unable to stop looting in virtually every area of Baghdad and throughout Iraq, hospitals, schools, businesses, everywhere, was it not interesting the Oil Ministry was guarded? And I wonder how that took place. I wonder what the emphasis was. Would the gentleman be interested in a story from USA Today of March 29, Monday, as follows: "In 2002, troops from the Fifth Special Forces group who specialize in the Middle East were pulled out of the hunt for Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan to prepare for their next assignment in Iraq. Their replacements were troops with expertise in Spanish cultures. The CIA was stretched badly in its capacity to collect, translate, and analyze information coming from Afghanistan.…”