They weren't my words, they're from Slate: I was just pointing out the spin.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2108888/ The Post's Oct. 29 piece provides important context with an early quotation from military analyst Anthony H. Cordesman. "There is something truly absurd about focusing on 377 tons of rather ordinary explosives, regardless of what actually happened at al Qaqaa," he says. "The munitions at al Qaqaa were at most around 0.06 percent of the total." --- Charlie Griefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > y'know, i hesitate to contribute to these threads > 'cuz I feel like > poor Sam gets ganged up on (or at least, is > significantly > outnumbered), and I do feel bad for that. > > but to say 380 tons is 'decimal dust'...well, I have > a hard time > believing if it were the Kerry camp in charge that > you'd be so > forgiving, Sam. I could be wrong there, it's > certainly nothing more > than my perception....but that's what it is. > > The relevance of the 380 tons shouldn't be > subjective based on the the > overall amount of explosives. it should be > objective based on the > concept of 380 tons of explosives and what kind of > damage can be done > with that 380 tons. Insignificant from the > perspective of the whole? > Perhaps. Significant from the perspective of the > destructive power of > 380 tons of explosives? Yes. > > Just my $0.02 (which, statistically speaking, is > just decimal debris) :) > > Charlie > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=34 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:133757 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
