Jon wrote <<I think a more relevant question is whether or not Saddam Hussein will use chemical weapons against coalition forces when he realizes he's about to lose the war. He, unlike the Israelis, has shown that he has no compunction in using them against his enemies. (He used them against Iranian troops in the '80s.)>>
I wrote <<You still are not getting it, don't you? :-( The question is, is he is going to use them against his own people and blame it on coalition forces. :-(>> Jon wrote <<I get it, but don't think that will be a particularly effective ploy. The US has declared for years that the only WMDs we have in our possession are nukes. We don't own or use chemical or biological weapons. Coalition force leaders have been repeating this on the news for the past two days, pointing out that the found cache of Iraqi gas masks wouldn't have been stockpiled protection against a coalition chemical attack. Also, he's scattered military hardware and troops in civilian areas. He might be cutting off his nose to spite his face if he gassed his own armies. That, of course, assumes that they aren't wearing protective gear.>> You are still thinking Western. :-( It's not if coalition forces will accept the blame on such a thing (and they will - at least blame for not preventing it), it's if Saddam thinks about this as effective tactics (and he does - he used human shields more than once) Here I have a history question, because I learned that many things that I was taught in school about WWII were wrong - I was taught that Hitler flooded Berlin metro with all the people there to prevent Russian soldiers from getting to his bunker. Is this fact or another piece of propaganda? Ilana _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
