The War is over - when will Chaos end?

I am relieved that it seems to be safe to say that the war in Iraq is over now. Actually, it ended pretty quickly. I am positively surprised about the early defeat of Saddam's regime.
It is unfortunate, that chaos followed immediately after the regime was dethroned. So much looting in Bagdad!

It is understandable that Iraqi people want to take something from the dying regime. The sad thing is even hospitals were robbed. Additionally, I watched a TV report on the Bagdad national museum yesterday. It was filmed like two days ago. The whole thing is empty. It was the most important collection of Mesopotamian history as far as I know. The collection must be woth several hundred million Dollars.

Now, I don't know if the collection had been hidden before Americans conquered Bagdad or if the museum fell prey to looters. In any case, this is a great loss for mankind, since we are talking about Mesopotamia, the first high culture on this planet.

Some pictures I have seen suggest that troops watched the lootings in the city but did not interfere. Well it is not easy to judge such a behavior. If they prevent lootings they might stirr up sentiments against them, since the looters may feel they only take things that Saddam had stolen from them. On the other hand this is a very bad start for a post-dictatorian Iraq as a democratic constitutional state.