Upon reading your response the first scripture which came to mind was Jeremiah 50:12 "Your Mother shall be sore confounded, she that bore you shall be ashamed, the last of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land and a desert"     If I am not mistaken Nimrod is given credit for being the founder or Father of Ancient Babylon.   I don't ever remember reading about her having a Mother?  These scholars I have listed discuss Future Babylon and her Mother who is sorely confounded.  Without a doubt America had a Mother, and If there is a nation that fulfills this, I would have to say England. She has been "sorely confounded" most of my life.  I googled this before I started this reply.  I am more familiar with R A Coombes studies.  It has been a few years since I looked at Dr. Van Impe and Joseph Good's material.  Here is a list of 60 Reasons, Why it is not Iraq or Ancient Babylon. I would add one other caveat, if it possibly could be Old Babylon then there has to be an unbelievable amount of things that will have to transpire, If Jesus is soon to come as we expect. Here is the link. I hope it comes through. God Bless, Jimmy    

http://www.promiseofhiscoming.com/rac_60_reasons.htm