> -----Original Message----- > From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:47 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: WMD > > > --- "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Please suggest another alternative, bearing in mind > > that the US > > government either did not put 20000 soldiers on the > > search 6 weeks > > ago, or if it did, did not talk about the action. > > > > -- > > Robert J. Chassell > > 20,000 soldiers is a hell of a lot,
This was discussed by the US leadership (AFAIK), and I think that Saddam flatly refused allowing even one soldier in. Saddam even wanted strong restrictions placed upon the inspectors carrying pistols. and the US has > more urgent/important things to do than sending them > traipsing around the Iraqi desert sounds like a pretty > good one. Right now, at this moment, the US military > is desperately overstretched. There is a 3:1 rule for > deployments - to put 20,000 troops on the ground > outside the US, you need to have a minimum of 60,000 > soldiers dedicated to the job. I thought it was 6:1 or 7:1. It probably depends upon the Service. (300 sites/(20000/6))/3 guard shifts = 4 armed guards average per site at any one time - Hardly enough to watch a palace, much less a 30-acre suspected manufacturing plant. I see more guards outside a armored truck delivering cash! How long will it take for a 20,000 person army to run a metal detector over every open desert space... Saddam had at least 40,000 loyal soldier to assist in any WMD project- whether to destroy, smuggle or to hide in the middle of the desert. What would I do if I knew that 100,000 troops were going to storm the border to go after what I consider priceless (WMD). I'm gonna hide it in the desert. I going to silence anyone not millitary involved with the process. I would presume I could escape like Osama did, then covertly recover the weapons as needed, to apply terror again for control after the Stinking foolish American pigs leave. Coming out of character here, I think we may very well see the Smoking gun after it has fired, and not before. If I was an evil dictator or an evil minion, I would make the world pay for this insult. Nerd From Hell Force constraints are > real, and a major concern of everyone in the defense > establishment right now. > > Gautam > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
